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Economy

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

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/17550

Last updated 3 days ago (6 Sep 2026)

Data explorer

EmployedResidentsAged15YearsandOverbyIndustryEthnicGroupandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (17 rows, 2.6 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Chinese) Total
Numeric
(Chinese) Males
Numeric
(Chinese) Females
Numeric
(Malays) Total
Numeric
(Malays) Males
Numeric
(Malays) Females
Numeric
(Indians) Total
Numeric
(Indians) Males
Numeric
(Indians) Females
Numeric
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Males
Numeric
(Others) 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%
Total220835811784311029927168294787615780679126664215404011260218978011208377697689893615232837
Manufacturing22061313940681207173959105122688372198015743623718190139804210648445611923
Construction91132634762765775042519852305761564525163071325083204828031881921
Services187608396097191511214216077111877104202329091291601037501620899106071029594782956429914
Wholesale & Retail Trade32801016317816483227419113447113972024326120301229619627118717756986548065060
Transportation & Storage21087315896851905144140106748373924460234999960218047142683780408429531131
Accommodation & Food Services133315578217549510228944778575111606467459319919247114481577015874184
Information & Communications10824863262449868216947425347458542463039121289384464447464427621883
Financial & Insurance Services203220963271068931678937541292482128086298651015585103865199693342312702
Real Estate Services5375427016267384281120500223106267390523623525207714481150533618
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_3694deba1f03791546377af4a9a090e6"
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 Industry, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_3694deba1f03791546377af4a9a090e6/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)