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Economy

Employed Residents Aged 15 Years and Over by Ethnic Group, Employment Status and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 07 Jun 2025, 20:00 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/17549

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EmployedResidentsAged15YearsandOverbyEthnicGroupEmploymentStatusandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (5 rows, 986 B)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Employers) Total
Numeric
(Employers) Males
Numeric
(Employers) Females
Numeric
(Own Account Workers) Total
Numeric
(Own Account Workers) Males
Numeric
(Own Account Workers) Females
Numeric
(Employees) Total
Numeric
(Employees) Males
Numeric
(Employees) Females
Numeric
(Contributing Family Workers) Total
Numeric
(Contributing Family Workers) Males
Numeric
(Contributing Family Workers) Females
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%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total2208358117843110299271028467189930946206755144759619961891293959065932228746527094757
Chinese1682947876157806791874176110626311169266117178520881420433695721724713583021523679
Malays26664215404011260224491438101119806159743833243578136261107317809368441
Indians1897801120837769789796603237612525889336311677049641571289573171402
Others68989361523283740012752124851572713244459578306682891025318235

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Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Employers) TotalEmployers_TotalNumericNumber-
(Employers) MalesEmployers_MalesNumericNumber-
(Employers) FemalesEmployers_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Own Account Workers) TotalOwnAccountWorkers_TotalNumericNumber-
(Own Account Workers) MalesOwnAccountWorkers_MalesNumericNumber-
(Own Account Workers) FemalesOwnAccountWorkers_FemalesNumericNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_10c96c844dad21daf1c429aad0267444"
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). Employed Residents Aged 15 Years and Over by Ethnic Group, Employment Status and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 21, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_10c96c844dad21daf1c429aad0267444/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)