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Economy

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

Last updated: 06 Mar 2026, 22:00 SGT

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/17551

Data explorer

EmployedResidentsAged15YearsandOverbyOccupationEthnicGroupandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (10 rows, 1.7 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
Legislators, Senior Officials & Managers3557142181081376062970921775081195839902567342293308924165892415631107614870
Professionals52020425946926073641991120686721304430886134431744348359268162154321049123438705
Associate Professionals & Technicians4437352271222166123309201591631717576314739135240123786222571152911180562525553
Clerical Support Workers2150284902616600215315833899119259382829757285251896647241424246226463976
Service & Sales Workers25499011511213987817538774248101139470362561621419231191276310356944824846965
Craftsmen & Related Trades Workers6221852989922947526400937434103299163116637573258500605475129
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers148142132451156911052149358311631319292909328369400856183815991214385
Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers15205669843822131096334828561348291691629412875104774708576827775562221
Others1/56273543121960441074251115965961586597475145162361453142132

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Chinese) TotalChinese_TotalNumericNumber-
(Chinese) MalesChinese_MalesNumericNumber-
(Chinese) FemalesChinese_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Malays) TotalMalays_TotalNumericNumber-
(Malays) MalesMalays_MalesNumericNumber-
(Malays) FemalesMalays_FemalesNumericNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_4d42b895bcd91b3efe4ed2c0e021b928"
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 Occupation, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 3, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_4d42b895bcd91b3efe4ed2c0e021b928/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)