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Economy

Resident Unemployed Persons Aged 15 Years and Over Who Worked Before by Age Group and Previous Occupation (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 29/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8823

Last updated 26 days ago (20 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentUnemployedPersonsAged15YearsandOverWhoWorkedBeforebyAgeGroupandPreviousOccupationGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (10 rows, 1.1 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
Senior Officials & Managers
Text
Professionals
Text
Associate Professionals & Technicians
Text
Clerical Workers
Numeric
Service & Sales Workers
Numeric
Agricultural & Fishery Workers
Text
Production Craftsmen & Related Workers
Numeric
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers
Numeric
Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers
Numeric
Workers Not Classifiable By Occupation
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)10.0%
(Null)10.0%
(Null)10.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)50.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total85539575350631261417074170816464791143587631212
15 - 191627nanana345769na2625620526
20 - 2479447886140421442500na283544620284
25 - 29102672931132273122332054na219863490255
30 - 34101326711179219322851677na4991027483116
35 - 3910881867933171525061807na731137389651
40 - 4412010104062015382306200413113018781347133
45 - 491245793639312552353242213115122281578129
50 - 54103479993199741461191713127319001363128
55 & Over9874868403803144019292611661368178090
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_581664c1aac4c40d9f9de503bf518242"
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 Unemployed Persons Aged 15 Years and Over Who Worked Before by Age Group and Previous Occupation (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_581664c1aac4c40d9f9de503bf518242/view

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Created on

24 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)