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Economy

Resident Households by Predominant Household Language and Occupation of Head of Household (Census of Population 2010)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 22/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2010

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude one-person households, households comprising only unrelated persons and households with non-working heads.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8590

Last updated 22 days ago (18 Aug 2026)

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ResidentHouseholdsbyPredominantHouseholdLanguageandOccupationofHeadofHouseholdCensusofPopulation2010.csv (13 rows, 1.5 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
Senior Officials & Managers
Numeric
Professionals
Numeric
Associate Professionals & Technicians
Numeric
Clerical Workers
Numeric
Service & Sales Workers
Numeric
Agricultural & Fishery Workers
Text
Production Craftsmen & Related Workers
Numeric
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers
Numeric
Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers
Numeric
Workers Not Classifiable By Occupation
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)15.4%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)7.7%
Total77596515054710871815358352658870535916670698079504957535
English265594799195174564424172071939144103841409441264260
Mandarin28723047400325975108417013349033683376447977196512473
Chinese Dialects873181084858511237269921282212693101543313255309
Hokkien428804261184148443102639087466395208005166
Teochew1550919688541943146028171813952832218637
Cantonese23552385423834623201928831326252611244994
Other Chinese Dialects5376765772962411733862847061512
Malay82685216328121424288681534645102801755011132246
Indian Languages420637954112108378230642097256629352256241
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_ca66df5830e0d56302e1b12a6b6a3711"
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 Occupation of Head of Household (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_ca66df5830e0d56302e1b12a6b6a3711/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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