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Economy

Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Ethnic Group, 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/8763

Last updated 27 days ago (19 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentWorkingPersonsAged15YearsandOverbyEthnicGroupOccupationalStatusandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (5 rows, 954 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
(Unpaid Family Workers) Total
Numeric
(Unpaid Family Workers) Males
Numeric
(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)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total16472949596896876057550757767177401453501128533249714151077852126298951132938577472
Chinese129894273784056110266053506131544012572697464282621097341586508510833982232566566
Malays184758115758690002114137673890057308169717273210680465928907271636
Indians12696684476424905627452810997934625816761128947339739497510292218
Others3662821615150131713125046326841823861321391850313636913952
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_1ea3e7c9355b7fd5bb76f11e66466426"
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). Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Ethnic Group, Occupational Status and Sex (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_1ea3e7c9355b7fd5bb76f11e66466426/view

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Created on

24 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)