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Economy

Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Occupation, Occupational Status 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/8778

Last updated 26 days ago (20 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

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ResidentWorkingPersonsAged15YearsandOverbyOccupationOccupationalStatusandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (11 rows, 1.8 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Employers) Total
Numeric
(Employers) Males
Numeric
(Employers) Females
Text
(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
Text
(Unpaid Family Workers) Males
Text
(Unpaid Family Workers) Females
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)18.2%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)18.2%
(Null)9.1%
Total16472949596896876057550757767177401453501128533249714151077852126298951132938577472
Senior Officials & Managers216353156644597095203742095994229202227026500135102918474325413na13
Professionals2045981199118468743392981135966384180245819362011275180870nanana
Associate Professionals & Technicians31767615997115770545472644190327501163331116928543014090414452619790107
Clerical Workers2325015581017669166417349113917896022291255468017444413211681153
Service & Sales Workers2394041303071090988900522336782451415531898219815910718290977783223715461
Agricultural & Fishery Workers1207972235168168na25824513726534192562630
Production Craftsmen & Related Workers11060210185387493209300020910626978184596124885977527642475167
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers173582132791407911315118313240664398458191311739146139712430302128
Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers96660488334782627625126427132101062913644502546338749348401
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_555d74b4debe7972b7e9abaf2ee55ba9"
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 Occupation, Occupational Status and Sex (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_555d74b4debe7972b7e9abaf2ee55ba9/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)