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Economy

Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Industry, Occupation 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/8777

Last updated 26 days ago (20 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

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ResidentWorkingPersonsAged15YearsandOverbyIndustryOccupationandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (11 rows, 3.9 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Senior Officials & Managers
Numeric
(Total) Professionals
Numeric
(Total) Associate Professionals & Technicians
Numeric
(Total) Clerical Workers
Numeric
(Total) Service & Sales Workers
Numeric
(Total) Agricultural & Fishery Workers
Text
(Total) Production Craftsmen & Related Workers
Numeric
(Total) Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers
Numeric
(Total) Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers
Numeric
(Total) Workers Not Classifiable By Occupation
Text
(Males) Total
Numeric
(Males) Senior Officials & Managers
Numeric
(Males) Professionals
Numeric
(Males) Associate Professionals & Technicians
Numeric
(Males) Clerical Workers
Numeric
(Males) Service & Sales Workers
Numeric
(Males) Agricultural & Fishery Workers
Text
(Males) Production Craftsmen & Related Workers
Numeric
(Males) Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers
Numeric
(Males) Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers
Numeric
(Males) Workers Not Classifiable By Occupation
Text
(Females) Total
Numeric
(Females) Senior Officials & Managers
Numeric
(Females) Professionals
Numeric
(Females) Associate Professionals & Technicians
Numeric
(Females) Clerical Workers
Numeric
(Females) Service & Sales Workers
Numeric
(Females) Agricultural & Fishery Workers
Text
(Females) Production Craftsmen & Related Workers
Numeric
(Females) Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers
Numeric
(Females) Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers
Numeric
(Females) Workers Not Classifiable By Occupation
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)45.5%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)27.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)45.5%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)27.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)63.6%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)63.6%
Total1647294216353204598317676232501239404120711060217358296660547119596891566441199111599715581013030797210185313279148833525976876055970984687157705176691109098235874940791478262115
Manufacturing27517633846369245458829621591013397906472396401221709632726727735361087955360613337773021141821091042136580918918480216662303na601334512545813
Construction8162616117626092827885736na3132247945204266728314302486862721152578na310014751433326143431815139230116733158na32043871na
Wholesale & Retail Trade303633749151479343609510298029315510480194468914na1699615542498172185212972386651429349170874653na13367119490497621756380564162913113123604261na
Hotels & Restaurants10319964724932831766268600na1552127914285264946140552401152177234620na126111385196265373824172531679588933980na2901419089na
Transport & Storage163085126264330191842804514706na48436849410857na1265679899295813034122287937na4787670948629na36518272713726150158176770na5614002227na
Information & Communications6449210343249431654179861235na2062818564na3714768881635090091596689na1943544129na273453455859375326390547na120274435na
Financial Services102134138871847939107259461348na922121212181344513842710165176854985862na80710924771357621546183142142320961487na115120741na
Business Services207043295123159351307322272501613687459462454413114763195811915426561622620725136571451511404139228199311243924746260014291na303143113140na
Community, Social & Personal Services32906717068654837750140422409111031069148601895553074165429956327631256186467220969010329444179325126216363875053785351883339541881513362418110231812
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_2a7179f511d585593fbfb02fbeaf0c74"
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, Occupation and Sex (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_2a7179f511d585593fbfb02fbeaf0c74/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)