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Economy

Resident Households by Household Structure and Predominant Household Language (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 04/04/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

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

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/9076

Last updated 17 days ago (23 Aug 2026)

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ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdStructureandPredominantHouseholdLanguageCensusofPopulation2000.csv (13 rows, 1.7 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
English
Numeric
Mandarin
Numeric
Chinese Dialects- Total
Numeric
Chinese Dialects- Hokkien
Numeric
Chinese Dialects- Teochew
Numeric
Chinese Dialects- Cantonese
Text
Chinese Dialects- Other Chinese Dialects
Text
Malay
Numeric
Indian Languages- Total
Numeric
Indian Languages- Tamil
Text
Indian Languages- Other Indian Languages
Text
Others
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)7.7%
(Null)7.7%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)7.7%
(Null)7.7%
(Null)30.8%
Total82888720157128121620432296050411715152115581105176347152841463021886
No Family Nucleus276934545508713992659325223637124024241555140614990
One Family Nucleus7500541875782615491747818171435278448371295294036304042483255721705
One Generation97175272232872628076123365448798223118179451034091102460
Two Generations593196145265212448133810633332712433872948177209232951921340811170
Three Or More Generations59683150902037512896604527062984116086482599221138975
Two Family Nuclei4922490981404614963746232472948130584222604207153391
One Generation20191314116521na145na5na
Two Generations13607212535665144249811491084412192080767013746
Three Or More Generations35416696410349977849472094184389364881792140139146
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_ab9cb304ae8ac73895d5ade1778511d0"
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 Household Structure and Predominant Household Language (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_ab9cb304ae8ac73895d5ade1778511d0/view

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Created on

26 Oct 2024

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