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Economy

Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Predominant Household Language (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 06 Apr 2026, 21:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 18/06/2021

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. Predominant household language refers to the language or dialect spoken by the majority of household members to other members (excluding domestic workers and unrelated persons), taking into account the reported language most frequently spoken and language second most frequently spoken (new in 2020) at home for each household member.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17520

Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_82e513896c44cc2af4eba6de6212ddc0"
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 Households by Household Living Arrangement and Predominant Household Language (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 20, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_82e513896c44cc2af4eba6de6212ddc0/view

About this dataset

Contact

feedback@data.gov.sg

Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

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Economy

Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Predominant Household Language (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 06 Apr 2026, 21:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 18/06/2021

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17520

‌

Economy

Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Predominant Household Language (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 06 Apr 2026, 21:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 18/06/2021

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17520

Sample OpenAPI query

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_82e513896c44cc2af4eba6de6212ddc0"
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.

About this dataset

Contact

feedback@data.gov.sg

Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdLivingArrangementandPredominantHouseholdLanguageCensusofPopulation2020.csv (20 rows, 2.8 KB)

Number Text	Total Numeric	English Numeric	Mandarin Numeric	(Chinese Dialects) Total Numeric	(Chinese Dialects) Hokkien Numeric	(Chinese Dialects) Teochew Text	(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)5.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
Total	1122876	450993	414782	102954	50715	19404	27117	5719	105459	39479	31168	8310	9210
Married Couple-Based Households	883364	376386	330313	56905	28307	10281	15889	2428	78852	33079	25536	7543	7829
Household Reference Person Aged Below 35 Years	75939	41622	22786	483	134	7	264	78	8887	1692	1384	308	469
No Children in Household	33135	19004	10671	309	78	-	209	22	2394	539	382	157	217
With Child(ren) in Household	42804	22618	12115	174	56	7	56	55	6493	1153	1002	151	252
Household Reference Person Aged 35 - 49 Years	302896	154732	103159	3867	1195	236	2204	232	21274	15480	11249	4231	4384
No Children in Household	51265	23334	20214	1768	685	108	944	32	3457	1362	1007	355	1129
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years	197190	106673	62572	1534	332	77	999	126	13224	11047	7989	3058	2141
With Youngest Child Aged 12 - 15 Years	34542	16825	12107	207	44	26	117	19	2684	2146	1603	543	573
With Youngest Child Aged 16 Years and Over	19899	7900	8267	358	135	25	143	55	1909	924	650	275	542

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Number	Number	Text	Number	-
Total	Total	Numeric	Number	-
English	English	Numeric	Number	-
Mandarin	Mandarin	Numeric	Number	-
(Chinese Dialects) Total	ChineseDialects_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(Chinese Dialects) Hokkien	ChineseDialects_Hokkien	Numeric	Number	-
(Chinese Dialects) Teochew	ChineseDialects_Teochew	Text	Number	-
(Chinese Dialects) Cantonese	ChineseDialects_Cantonese	Numeric	Number	-
(Chinese Dialects) Other Chinese Dialects	ChineseDialects_OtherChineseDialects	Numeric	Number	-
Malay	Malay	Numeric	Number	-

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