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Economy

Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Ethnic Group, Occupational Status 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/8919

Last updated 19 days ago (21 Aug 2026)

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ResidentWorkingPersonsAged15YearsandOverbyEthnicGroupOccupationalStatusandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (5 rows, 941 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%
Total148257988948259309785785680431774212124997626236221267965721531546434758022825298
Chinese11892386989074903307667160871158001073378630921028998514549867448647671518604855
Malays169964110746592192535183669970595758130215988310293256951487221266
Indians10584569247365985323443089359755014961942155960734608332196136
Others175321058269501256906350878546332153529126622646541
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_4453646a9616b2e646d8a9fd6d3c2847"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Ethnic Group, Occupational Status and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_4453646a9616b2e646d8a9fd6d3c2847/view

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Created on

26 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)