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Economy

Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2010)

Last updated: 16 Mar 2026, 19:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 29/09/2015

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2010

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. For more information, please refer to the publication on 'Singapore Census of Population 2010, Statistical Release 1: Demographic Characteristics, Education, Language and Religion' (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/explore-data-themes/population/education-language-spoken-and-literacy/related-information).

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/5980

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationAged5YearsandOverbyLanguageMostFrequentlySpokenatHomeEthnicGroupandSexCensusofPopulation2010.csv (13 rows, 1.8 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Chinese) Total
Numeric
(Chinese) Males
Text
(Chinese) Females
Numeric
(Malays) Total
Text
(Malays) Males
Text
(Malays) Females
Text
(Indians) Total
Text
(Indians) Males
Text
(Indians) Females
Text
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Males
Numeric
(Others) Females
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)7.7%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)7.7%
(Null)15.4%
(Null)7.7%
(Null)7.7%
(Null)7.7%
(Null)7.7%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total3399054167098217280722527562124043712871254592102261232330883005871519551486331116945246859226
English10974435500945473498246164149574096597809036848412431250766427560801696613401435646
Mandarin121150558745562404912065565867896197674048931433314019342114363775
Chinese Dialects487031233827253204485765233625252140187371507531441004134871
Hokkien2388431200011188422380721199301181421463111538122558727560
Teochew943024427750026941324423949893336271913611819100
Cantonese121136551786595912088455114657708na81961222657169
Other Chinese Dialects327501437218378326771434118336nananananana733142
Malay414475206548207926629231003191379567188750190816238391233511504477723632414
Indian Languages1510007499476006556492791301491500297455275477637306331

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Chinese) TotalChinese_TotalNumericNumber-
(Chinese) MalesChinese_MalesTextNumber-
(Chinese) FemalesChinese_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Malays) TotalMalays_TotalTextNumber-
(Malays) MalesMalays_MalesTextNumber-
(Malays) FemalesMalays_FemalesTextNumber-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_cde207636c5c3a4e76b796fa9ba17971"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 3, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_cde207636c5c3a4e76b796fa9ba17971/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)