Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over Who Changed Job During Last 2 Years by Current Occupation, Previous Occupation and Sex (Census of Population 2000)

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Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over Who Changed Job During Last 2 Years by Current Occupation, Previous Occupation and Sex (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 31/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8965

Last updated 18 days ago (22 Aug 2026)

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ResidentWorkingPersonsAged15YearsandOverWhoChangedJobDuringLast2YearsbyCurrentOccupationPreviousOccupationandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (11 rows, 4.3 KB)

Number Text	(Total) Total Numeric	[Total] (Previous Occupation) Senior Officials & Managers Text	[Total] (Previous Occupation) Professionals Text	[Total] (Previous Occupation) Associate Professionals & Technicians Numeric	[Total] (Previous Occupation) Clerical Workers Text	[Total] (Previous Occupation) Service & Sales Workers Numeric	[Total] (Previous Occupation) Agricultural & Fishery Workers Text	[Total] (Previous Occupation) Production Craftsmen & Related Workers Numeric	[Total] (Previous Occupation) Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers Numeric	[Total] (Previous Occupation) Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers Numeric	[Total] (Previous Occupation) Workers Not Classifiable By Occupation Numeric	(Males) Total Numeric	[Males] (Previous Occupation) Senior Officials & Managers Text	[Males] (Previous Occupation) Professionals Text	[Males] (Previous Occupation) Associate Professionals & Technicians Numeric	[Males] (Previous Occupation) Clerical Workers Text	[Males] (Previous Occupation) Service & Sales Workers Numeric	[Males] (Previous Occupation) Agricultural & Fishery Workers Text	[Males] (Previous Occupation) Production Craftsmen & Related Workers Numeric	[Males] (Previous Occupation) Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers Numeric	[Males] (Previous Occupation) Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers Numeric	[Males] (Previous Occupation) Workers Not Classifiable By Occupation Numeric	(Females) Total Numeric	[Females] (Previous Occupation) Senior Officials & Managers Text	[Females] (Previous Occupation) Professionals Text	[Females] (Previous Occupation) Associate Professionals & Technicians Text	[Females] (Previous Occupation) Clerical Workers Text	[Females] (Previous Occupation) Service & Sales Workers Text	[Females] (Previous Occupation) Agricultural & Fishery Workers Text	[Females] (Previous Occupation) Production Craftsmen & Related Workers Text	[Females] (Previous Occupation) Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers Text	[Females] (Previous Occupation) Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers Text	[Females] (Previous Occupation) Workers Not Classifiable By Occupation Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)9.1%	(Null)9.1%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)9.1%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)18.2%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)9.1%	(Null)9.1%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)9.1%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)18.2%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)18.2%	(Null)9.1%	(Null)9.1%	(Null)9.1%	(Null)9.1%	(Null)63.6% 527.3% 149.1%	(Null)18.2%	(Null)18.2%	(Null)9.1%	(Null)36.4%
Total	309494	33223	38021	62777	52007	38804	173	22469	38890	19319	3812	181918	24354	23772	34459	12430	23438	158	20955	26329	12531	3492	127577	8869	14249	28318	39578	15366	14	1515	12560	6787	320
Senior Officials & Managers	40566	19973	5554	7677	1768	2532	5	1384	999	324	351	29679	15314	3838	5047	667	1931	5	1349	930	271	327	10887	4659	1716	2630	1101	601	na	35	69	53	24
Professionals	36841	3773	25058	6146	1047	240	na	121	114	26	318	22629	2521	15837	3424	232	112	na	111	84	19	289	14212	1252	9221	2722	815	127	na	10	30	6	29
Associate Professionals & Technicians	67490	5373	6209	36299	9021	4222	14	2515	2026	364	1446	36179	3350	3456	18830	2014	2783	14	2423	1678	281	1350	31311	2023	2753	17469	7007	1439	na	92	348	83	96
Clerical Workers	48247	1014	627	5366	31790	4510	5	873	2642	1022	399	11357	427	198	1435	4973	1316	5	726	1332	664	279	36891	586	429	3930	26817	3194	na	147	1309	359	119
Service & Sales Workers	37418	1224	195	3033	4113	18988	52	2143	3841	3367	462	22409	953	112	1852	1535	10919	47	1940	2386	2235	428	15009	271	83	1181	2578	8069	5	203	1455	1131	33
Agricultural & Fishery Workers	120	na	na	10	na	19	10	29	29	19	5	116	na	na	10	na	19	10	29	29	14	5	5	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	5	na
Production Craftsmen & Related Workers	18512	690	69	1757	593	1203	19	9798	2669	1386	327	17269	676	65	1674	478	1064	14	9460	2243	1268	327	1242	14	5	83	115	139	5	338	426	118	na
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers	36695	898	75	1737	2174	3169	19	3621	21813	2925	265	27677	863	58	1576	1560	2596	19	3227	15220	2313	246	9018	35	18	161	614	572	na	394	6593	612	19
Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers	21049	219	53	426	1084	2968	48	1894	4568	9617	173	12167	190	34	313	601	1781	43	1598	2238	5196	173	8882	29	19	113	483	1187	5	296	2329	4421	na

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Number	Number	Text	Number	-
(Total) Total	Total_Total	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Previous Occupation) Senior Officials & Managers	Total_PreviousOccupation_SeniorOfficialsandManagers	Text	Number	-
[Total] (Previous Occupation) Professionals	Total_PreviousOccupation_Professionals	Text	Number	-
[Total] (Previous Occupation) Associate Professionals & Technicians	Total_PreviousOccupation_AssociateProfessionalsandTechnicians	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Previous Occupation) Clerical Workers	Total_PreviousOccupation_ClericalWorkers	Text	Number	-
[Total] (Previous Occupation) Service & Sales Workers	Total_PreviousOccupation_ServiceandSalesWorkers	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Previous Occupation) Agricultural & Fishery Workers	Total_PreviousOccupation_AgriculturalandFisheryWorkers	Text	Number	-
[Total] (Previous Occupation) Production Craftsmen & Related Workers	Total_PreviousOccupation_ProductionCraftsmenandRelatedWorkers	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Previous Occupation) Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers	Total_PreviousOccupation_PlantandMachineOperatorsandAssemblers	Numeric	Number	-

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over Who Changed Job During Last 2 Years by Current Occupation, Previous Occupation and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_1cea6ffd29e984f63224181d25e06595/view

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