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Economy

Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, 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/8776

Last updated 20 days ago (20 Aug 2026)

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ResidentWorkingPersonsAged15YearsandOverbyAgeGroupOccupationandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (12 rows, 4.1 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
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(Total) Senior Officials & Managers
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(Total) Professionals
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(Total) Associate Professionals & Technicians
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(Total) Clerical Workers
Numeric
(Total) Service & Sales Workers
Numeric
(Total) Agricultural & Fishery Workers
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(Total) Production Craftsmen & Related Workers
Numeric
(Total) Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers
Numeric
(Total) Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers
Numeric
(Total) Workers Not Classifiable By Occupation
Numeric
(Males) Total
Numeric
(Males) Senior Officials & Managers
Text
(Males) Professionals
Text
(Males) Associate Professionals & Technicians
Numeric
(Males) Clerical Workers
Numeric
(Males) Service & Sales Workers
Numeric
(Males) Agricultural & Fishery Workers
Numeric
(Males) Production Craftsmen & Related Workers
Numeric
(Males) Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers
Numeric
(Males) Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers
Numeric
(Males) Workers Not Classifiable By Occupation
Numeric
(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
Numeric
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25 - 29202349107374512967446283342589726727274032534757010120058382283330902614114749266885494218377046101149489922296365432219311148na3862461698524
30 - 3423952329622529076487035106246442611304143113951278112838417827323293234171531344626104559562274425001111401179520578325292795311199na84947491207281
35 - 39239428396843890249955362762803411614899224227040210213706026844254692653474211487510313961158174155188010236812840134332342128855131581393866042885222
40 - 44247261443282677538417360083331129322650310351203724061500653276417317210858122175802382068423136697621649719611564945817332278861573056196678995061243
45 - 492240803712314763317263262633770180203413450317134191213629328713916518095731617666129187572666282201571877878411559813632253101610451158478418915341
50 - 54175145275089113213152239729191219166693061317298823110019219455612128927041148771681523824532698273365126556335018423153561431451143160811031689
55 - 5910909215876571010949117192019212910007183651586228371317129793412715442301169611691071582965502453777528972298379574908496139002536931138
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_447ee8947721d020a52cc14d89b6df0f"
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 Age Group, Occupation and Sex (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_447ee8947721d020a52cc14d89b6df0f/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)