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Economy

Married Couples in Resident Households by Occupation of Husband and Wife (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 19/10/2015

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude households whose members were all overseas and spouse who was not present in households.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/6520

Last updated 1 month ago (16 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

MarriedCouplesinResidentHouseholdsbyOccupationofHusbandandWifeGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (12 rows, 1.6 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
Senior Officials & Managers
Numeric
Professionals
Text
Associate Professionals & Technicians
Text
Clerical Workers
Text
Service & Sales Workers
Text
Agricultural & Fishery Workers
Text
Production Craftsmen & Related Workers
Numeric
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers
Numeric
Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers
Text
Workers Not Classifiable By Occupation
Text
Not Working
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)25.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)8.3%
Total78681012761374664965183488778653763738231018062876910155159159
Senior Officials & Managers3895519169667950239311406na100312541136332744
Professionals43609102771792480007011429399016821079912558
Associate Professionals & Technicians7978418009146492077937375215134110507242221405639
Clerical Workers10409719247674718624830311756881224514061206417889175
Service & Sales Workers60683745414085185265914799766861925427985969593
Agricultural & Fishery Workers15213nananana63133825nana
Production Craftsmen & Related Workers538753554507216582na1193130239913587
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers26529132343923511666263725469373292130893846
Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers28142111813179210043513253577582038161298217
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_5e9f3880a0ecac6e647a583976ad5425"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Married Couples in Resident Households by Occupation of Husband and Wife (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_5e9f3880a0ecac6e647a583976ad5425/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)