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Economy

Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Occupation, Ethnic Group and Sex (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 28/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8775

Last updated 26 days ago (20 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentWorkingPersonsAged15YearsandOverbyOccupationEthnicGroupandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (11 rows, 1.8 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Chinese) Total
Numeric
(Chinese) Males
Numeric
(Chinese) Females
Numeric
(Malays) Total
Numeric
(Malays) Males
Numeric
(Malays) Females
Text
(Indians) Total
Numeric
(Indians) Males
Numeric
(Indians) Females
Text
(Others) Total
Text
(Others) Males
Text
(Others) Females
Text
(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)9.1%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)9.1%
Total16472949596896876051298942737840561102184758115758690001269668447642490366282161515013
Senior Officials & Managers216353156644597091898391354085443144313229120214462122052257762258041818
Professionals20459811991184687164008932997070985073757475023165165616604891862942624
Associate Professionals & Technicians31767615997115770526086012760213325826231147331149921770131248645881545134302
Clerical Workers23250155810176691176493375421389513441411465229491781960461177437747573017
Service & Sales Workers239404130307109098179370898938947837503250111249318635137204915389616832212
Agricultural & Fishery Workers120797223511048692357777na2626nananana
Production Craftsmen & Related Workers11060210185387498646178638782317114164276876280608819274770047
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers17358213279140791129958100617293403108323208787511157805331031385912473
Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers96660488334782667310321423516819935124787457861938674752796346450
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_0a45bb5eda2a7171385f59dad41d054e"
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 Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Occupation, Ethnic Group and Sex (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_0a45bb5eda2a7171385f59dad41d054e/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)