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Economy

Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Occupation, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2010)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 24/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2010

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8656

Last updated 28 days ago (18 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentWorkingPersonsAged15YearsandOverbyOccupationEthnicGroupandSexCensusofPopulation2010.csv (11 rows, 1.8 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
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)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)18.2%
Total1898042107956381848014438357999976438382193291312158811416290210683456068719774151630461
Senior Officials & Managers24998017384576135207033140517665165780372920502303818850418814130107493381
Professionals27208315701511506820559611404191555129416031691033393232591013420153136836470
Associate Professionals & Technicians43485022394021091033588016712016876042429243871804136845223571448819697100769621
Clerical Workers241830562951855361790843897314011138453107162773718547555312994574610534693
Service & Sales Workers252606125531127075180746833009744644142265261761620565132097356715424964658
Agricultural & Fishery Workers10097732369076912177663132013766na
Production Craftsmen & Related Workers1024379376986687731269997731516512155909227062678927315511393157
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers151579125445261341137539436919385272972261246859379779915811149666484
Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers13033263543667909536444484508802424114159100829270443948321457461996
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_6e37b469966eef8a862ad3e1de1da6ee"
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 Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Occupation, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_6e37b469966eef8a862ad3e1de1da6ee/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)