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Economy

Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Occupation, Number of Hours Worked 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

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude national servicemen.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8785

Last updated 1 month ago (20 Jul 2026)

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ResidentWorkingPersonsAged15YearsandOverbyOccupationNumberofHoursWorkedandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (11 rows, 3.3 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
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(Total) Males
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(Total) Females
Numeric
(Below 30 Hours) Total
Numeric
(Below 30 Hours) Males
Numeric
(Below 30 Hours) Females
Numeric
(30 - 34 Hours) Total
Text
(30 - 34 Hours) Males
Text
(30 - 34 Hours) Females
Text
(35 - 39 Hours) Total
Numeric
(35 - 39 Hours) Males
Numeric
(35 - 39 Hours) Females
Numeric
(40 - 44 Hours) Total
Numeric
(40 - 44 Hours) Males
Numeric
(40 - 44 Hours) Females
Numeric
(45 - 49 Hours) Total
Numeric
(45 - 49 Hours) Males
Numeric
(45 - 49 Hours) Females
Numeric
(50 - 54 Hours) Total
Numeric
(50 - 54 Hours) Males
Numeric
(50 - 54 Hours) Females
Numeric
(55 - 59 Hours) Total
Numeric
(55 - 59 Hours) Males
Numeric
(55 - 59 Hours) Females
Text
(60 - 64 Hours) Total
Numeric
(60 - 64 Hours) Males
Numeric
(60 - 64 Hours) Females
Numeric
(65 Hours & Over) Total
Numeric
(65 Hours & Over) Males
Numeric
(65 Hours & Over) Females
Numeric
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(Null)0.0%
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(Null)9.1%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)9.1%
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(Null)9.1%
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Total161264792504268760575176300994507735383154191996434179152681891156477228755327721932445518161514284019829412210376190758984932626572138066944304363716642412922937194
Senior Officials & Managers216353156644597096295374425512398142497428901792109859442407041873733900238281007234589249489641145161080037162683720564627335486288406646
Professionals204585119898846875154178633692949100519442880138514967570344139315643722922582146473598221314146671108267384344206281258680421297883634614
Associate Professionals & Technicians31766315995815770515440521510224597021233847651832443274139504664717303363976320973187838245205381770812700728154191979912088771115511109014610
Clerical Workers23242355732176691895183081204154611354243096363673120357245629579551520136663785321933671615218621119844227832833364992666133913270
Service & Sales Workers236724127626109098163935231111618199271554856997269043064825724969232894618224556216272472812587121421169662325464280231632411699462473232313924
Agricultural & Fishery Workers12079722351079017nanana39261318015526257180777764136464na1291161335327677
Production Craftsmen & Related Workers110602101853874942583639619248121862951605136124436856335893267264782438020981367212646102647604452308993595763591055710023534
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers1735821327914079158704797107333202582738456721432423480693193716132362622373412528172051483323729583832812551767314888278531033295491484
Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers9666048833478261239445417852573226323100422018492371279401351014430237201208311638834151473194421024481762475131421608535234821870
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dataset_id = "d_81ddd341b22bf9f0b48f37aad1b7b6c6"
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response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Occupation, Number of Hours Worked and Sex (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_81ddd341b22bf9f0b48f37aad1b7b6c6/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)