Resident Households by Predominant Household Language and Age Group of Head of Household (General Household Survey 2015)

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Last updated: 04 Jun 2025, 21:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 09/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2015

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8282

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ResidentHouseholdsbyPredominantHouseholdLanguageandAgeGroupofHeadofHouseholdGeneralHouseholdSurvey2015.csv (13 rows, 1.3 KB)

Thousands Text	Total Numeric	Below 30 Years Numeric	30 - 34 Years Numeric	35 - 39 Years Numeric	40 - 44 Years Numeric	45 - 49 Years Numeric	50 - 54 Years Numeric	55 - 59 Years Numeric	60 - 64 Years Numeric	65 - 69 Years Numeric	70 - 74 Years Numeric	75 Years & Over Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
Total	1059.2	19.6	68	106.4	134.4	139.6	155	145.5	118.5	80.2	40.4	51.7
English	388.2	7.3	26.6	45	58.5	57.2	59.4	51.8	38.5	24.2	9.3	10.4
Mandarin	363	6.5	25.8	37.3	44	46	58.2	53	44.2	25.3	11.9	10.8
Chinese Dialects	139.9	0.7	2.9	5.9	10.2	10.8	13.3	16.5	19.1	21.1	14.5	24.8
Hokkien	64.3	0.3	1.1	2.3	4.2	4.8	7.1	8.1	9.5	10.7	6.8	9.5
Teochew	28.2	0.1	0.3	0.7	1.8	1.5	1.9	3.5	3.7	4.3	3.6	6.7
Cantonese	38.3	0.2	1	2.5	3.5	3.4	3.5	4.2	5.1	5.3	3.5	5.9
Other Chinese Dialects	9.1	0.2	0.5	0.4	0.6	1	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.6	2.8
Malay	106.8	4.1	7.5	8.6	9.6	15.6	16.9	18	12.3	7.5	3.3	3.2
Indian Languages	50.9	0.7	3.9	8	9.7	8.2	5.7	5.3	3.9	2	1.3	2.3

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Thousands	Thousands	Text	Thousands	-
Total	Total	Numeric	Thousands	-
Below 30 Years	Below30Years	Numeric	Thousands	-
30 - 34 Years	30_34Years	Numeric	Thousands	-
35 - 39 Years	35_39Years	Numeric	Thousands	-
40 - 44 Years	40_44Years	Numeric	Thousands	-
45 - 49 Years	45_49Years	Numeric	Thousands	-
50 - 54 Years	50_54Years	Numeric	Thousands	-
55 - 59 Years	55_59Years	Numeric	Thousands	-
60 - 64 Years	60_64Years	Numeric	Thousands	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_9c76e7d1ab0ebbc1ce13b09a9b7ec543"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Households by Predominant Household Language and Age Group of Head of Household (General Household Survey 2015) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 6, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_9c76e7d1ab0ebbc1ce13b09a9b7ec543/view

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ResidentHouseholdsbyPredominantHouseholdLanguageandAgeGroupofHeadofHouseholdGeneralHouseholdSurvey2015.csv (13 rows, 1.3 KB)

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