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Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Type of Dwelling and Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home (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 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/8505

Last updated 23 days ago (17 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged5YearsandOverbyTypeofDwellingandLanguageMostFrequentlySpokenatHomeCensusofPopulation2010.csv (12 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
Numeric
Chinese Dialects- Other Chinese Dialects
Numeric
Malay
Numeric
Indian Languages- Total
Numeric
Indian Languages- Tamil
Numeric
Indian Languages- Other Indian Languages
Numeric
Others
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%
(Null)0.0%
Total33990541097443121150548703123884394302121136327504144751510001106674033437600
HDB Dwellings*2805168727704107632143546321833184272104579282824063991327421027123002926539
1- And 2-Room Flats^788799058171252179112415361447889742600647274424303172
3-Room Flats52902883412198051127659637122390231999804678688350292758374466190
4-Room Flats11783672430084979821840749731435699393471171418417057636446721296511496
5-Room And Executive Flats10088943854333614711010014454320897281167445117150351842591992658653
Condominiums And Other Apartments355066221709795792529589933756106361910493214007509289159543
Landed Properties22925314606250909241971055558065633220329343930257713531222
Bungalows2961321003463329121219788683222223619206413223
Semi-Detached Bungalows7094845182160817577336818311619760658970569401479
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dataset_id = "d_ec5e68cddf3936d630dcaecd20b6c071"
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 Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Type of Dwelling and Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_ec5e68cddf3936d630dcaecd20b6c071/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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