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Economy

Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Industry, Occupational Status 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/8773

Last updated 26 days ago (20 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentWorkingPersonsAged15YearsandOverbyIndustryOccupationalStatusandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (11 rows, 1.7 KB)

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
(Unpaid Family Workers) Total
Numeric
(Unpaid Family Workers) Males
Text
(Unpaid 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)9.1%
(Null)0.0%
Total16472949596896876057550757767177401453501128533249714151077852126298951132938577472
Manufacturing275176170963104213791869151004613649111225260468158920101548654218436
Construction8162667283143439099832177783738137235635615052213039593302291
Wholesale & Retail Trade3036331699611336712262017808481228742216287113248160129085119075411114402670
Hotels & Restaurants10319949461537387839503328061183979453894792883532643962423211573076
Transport & Storage163085126567365183327297835040695400386561187978339635400266155111
Information & Communications6449237147273451660139126928572266591599503347826472261313
Financial Services10213444513576212129150262787065489321891286375235376313na13
Business Services207043114763922811105381502903174911171557761780289469283336471206265
Community, Social & Personal Services3290671654291636389304517741271945497089745299521150268149254788276512
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_16d83fc55dbca90f63442948a69d48cb"
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 Industry, Occupational Status and Sex (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_16d83fc55dbca90f63442948a69d48cb/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)