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Economy

Resident Economically Active Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, Sex and Ethnic Group (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/8759

Last updated 27 days ago (19 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

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ResidentEconomicallyActivePersonsAged15YearsandOverbyAgeGroupMaritalStatusSexandEthnicGroupGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (12 rows, 8 KB)

Number
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[Total] (Total) Total
Numeric
[Total] (Total) Males
Numeric
[Total] (Total) Females
Numeric
[Total] (Single) Total
Numeric
[Total] (Single) Males
Numeric
[Total] (Single) Females
Numeric
[Total] (Married) Total
Numeric
[Total] (Married) Males
Numeric
[Total] (Married) Females
Numeric
[Total] (Widowed) Total
Text
[Total] (Widowed) Males
Text
[Total] (Widowed) Females
Text
[Total] (Divorced/Separated) Total
Numeric
[Total] (Divorced/Separated) Males
Text
[Total] (Divorced/Separated) Females
Numeric
[Chinese] (Total) Total
Numeric
[Chinese] (Total) Males
Numeric
[Chinese] (Total) Females
Numeric
[Chinese] (Single) Total
Numeric
[Chinese] (Single) Males
Numeric
[Chinese] (Single) Females
Numeric
[Chinese] (Married) Total
Numeric
[Chinese] (Married) Males
Numeric
[Chinese] (Married) Females
Numeric
[Chinese] (Widowed) Total
Text
[Chinese] (Widowed) Males
Text
[Chinese] (Widowed) Females
Text
[Chinese] (Divorced/Separated) Total
Text
[Chinese] (Divorced/Separated) Males
Text
[Chinese] (Divorced/Separated) Females
Text
[Malays] (Total) Total
Numeric
[Malays] (Total) Males
Numeric
[Malays] (Total) Females
Numeric
[Malays] (Single) Total
Numeric
[Malays] (Single) Males
Numeric
[Malays] (Single) Females
Text
[Malays] (Married) Total
Numeric
[Malays] (Married) Males
Numeric
[Malays] (Married) Females
Numeric
[Malays] (Widowed) Total
Text
[Malays] (Widowed) Males
Text
[Malays] (Widowed) Females
Text
[Malays] (Divorced/Separated) Total
Numeric
[Malays] (Divorced/Separated) Males
Text
[Malays] (Divorced/Separated) Females
Numeric
[Indians] (Total) Total
Numeric
[Indians] (Total) Males
Numeric
[Indians] (Total) Females
Numeric
[Indians] (Single) Total
Numeric
[Indians] (Single) Males
Numeric
[Indians] (Single) Females
Text
[Indians] (Married) Total
Numeric
[Indians] (Married) Males
Numeric
[Indians] (Married) Females
Numeric
[Indians] (Widowed) Total
Text
[Indians] (Widowed) Males
Text
[Indians] (Widowed) Females
Text
[Indians] (Divorced/Separated) Total
Text
[Indians] (Divorced/Separated) Males
Text
[Indians] (Divorced/Separated) Females
Text
[Others] (Total) Total
Numeric
[Others] (Total) Males
Numeric
[Others] (Total) Females
Numeric
[Others] (Single) Total
Numeric
[Others] (Single) Males
Text
[Others] (Single) Females
Numeric
[Others] (Married) Total
Text
[Others] (Married) Males
Text
[Others] (Married) Females
Text
[Others] (Widowed) Total
Text
[Others] (Widowed) Males
Text
[Others] (Widowed) Females
Text
[Others] (Divorced/Separated) Total
Text
[Others] (Divorced/Separated) Males
Text
[Others] (Divorced/Separated) Females
Text
(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)8.3%
(Null)25.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(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)8.3%
(Null)25.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)25.0%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)25.0%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)41.7%
(Null)66.7%
(Null)41.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)25.0%
Total17448061009891734915506463275530230934115748170498045250123061596417097578002341734384136706377469559236741200522039619160989521553227636293917577463212945422661739224874201235123892773435606832244238231328488737045478290973321759411354558661376648870848956300671831311754100676681063257023105051805461217852827388452259516250832445773747287421722911514266941711512695817
15 - 1923492130701042223005129801002546190371nanana26na261486492585605146849245543917913166nananananana60972474362258412410343123164166nanana26na26227012211049221912081011511338nananananana261116145261116145nanananananananana
20 - 2413017766520636581171596268154477123163588872830na3067225142292666464664620085256444554080171281908522013na1326910316624839132831155621082119069177344312432200nanana31413517910683577949049037536836691539398114117na179013771989991998178495383120639167nananananana
25 - 29214852107797107055128549739625458783620330565056490na90259377918141729688539787571107453603654708863826245303929643na43164650311442332012618107021189576014293107594888587147na476191294901505382266828733850412297747430514424nanana24113510735111556195518649559091560588973nanana861373
30 - 342504561332801171767536943680316901688978729181606455155300573621553581196440101310951306431736165281521275876351764070339902494197153826602510614441106665771404017301832310039828490523892330961422378143428036377726281149180701145666142613135052452606532318733441505846659491722782639nanana1106347
35 - 39250851142489108362479972652721470193327112361809668031166878724348552391909081051688574040106216061849914442081144632765569046558262328349829011174441156842712698157322625138978728141131281975836113922875154967379252415399851950113675582610713947432694748057438136761097685412678036453135nanana18052129
40 - 4425958015603910354141575215082006720539512976475631193255813741067842096469199104116600825043542418048173761549899514959840134443191373482972437632086206581142833081906140226521180778444330832471927593133421527144357092200199510061829712990530621144166101940561468624346251684255928355893548204047na47385239146
45 - 49236878143005938733302016182168381888461214106743631237642358118894649724018767011088976781288791420314676147646925335511222135841629893235685364269551787090852263102212412236515940642447912935018497791070174291130361261415772644148051027445314015235080720660148252943188246318527840312662136830na3030196205
50 - 54185818116462693562212099421217815027710175048527426385634079159391452451519859376058225197338980107531218898098940900319073524557172305741161821412684553098431566915531118553676610645461089450639122017602459910634376261004968703179393263676952694263419241610023392101292807203677170313820313964
55 - 5911631976263400561204250387004939296755326376503212453786531624262890972696196935299110984661643778134543232381137689632805426920232246971475822132468238230814870101139581116465518219299731052032107439127311588547931092634147487352135217202715095183813261762142733549193017850128
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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Economically Active Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, Sex and Ethnic Group (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_611f9b0171ca7b777136d00ecba7e769/view

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