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Economy

Employed Residents Aged 15 Years and Over by Occupation, Travelling Time to Work and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 30/06/2026

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude employed persons who were full-time students, overseas for at least 6 months, or working at their place of residence. Full-time students are covered in the tables on usual transport to school.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17614

Last updated 2 days ago (7 Sep 2026)

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EmployedResidentsAged15YearsandOverbyOccupationTravellingTimetoWorkandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (10 rows, 2 KB)

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(Total) Total
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(Total) Males
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(Total) Females
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(Up to 15 mins) Total
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(Up to 15 mins) Males
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(Up to 15 mins) Females
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(16 - 30 mins) Total
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(16 - 30 mins) Males
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(16 - 30 mins) Females
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(31 - 45 mins) Total
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(31 - 45 mins) Males
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(31 - 45 mins) Females
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(46 - 60 mins) Total
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(46 - 60 mins) Males
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(46 - 60 mins) Females
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(More than 60 mins) Total
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(More than 60 mins) Males
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(More than 60 mins) Females
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Total2108482113026597821829842518038011804569271338506330765048381924827523554443669321373922295319683310280794025
Legislators, Senior Officials & Managers33505820524612981245156290441611114013890140499987944148195312465129128060232311903298079225
Professionals497728247322250406442952078123514163754835478020712606463837622271141735478459388494432437225071
Associate Professionals & Technicians419036215880203157340801759216488131535725705896410350452415510891018164877053045481022453223570
Clerical Support Workers201320457101556111640438821252255939144694147052184110774110852909110054190423884527718607
Service & Sales Workers24433111125713307442949166482630179670376074206452523236962882749287232802600719901100269875
Craftsmen & Related Trades Workers595445152380216600520213982279620280251613297114911807114559788166753964762634
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers1466421311551548776526718734652343432992244211579913070272913910112252685606450641000
Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers14880868046807622957112612169594928921998272912925513175160812883114091147401186261705692
Others1/56016541271889284527451001524914530719117511132043113022127362861314912797352
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_0888806f369c8527e969a5f6f8528d1c"
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). Employed Residents Aged 15 Years and Over by Occupation, Travelling Time to Work and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_0888806f369c8527e969a5f6f8528d1c/view

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Created on

22 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)