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Economy

Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Occupational Status 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

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8764

Last updated 27 days ago (19 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentWorkingPersonsAged15YearsandOverbyAgeGroupOccupationalStatusandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (12 rows, 1.7 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Employers) Total
Text
(Employers) Males
Text
(Employers) Females
Text
(Own Account Workers) Total
Numeric
(Own Account Workers) Males
Text
(Own Account Workers) Females
Numeric
(Employees) Total
Numeric
(Employees) Males
Numeric
(Employees) Females
Numeric
(Unpaid Family Workers) Total
Numeric
(Unpaid Family Workers) Males
Numeric
(Unpaid Family Workers) Females
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)8.3%
(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%
Total16472949596896876057550757767177401453501128533249714151077852126298951132938577472
15 - 1920326124917834nanana68na68200851239676891739677
20 - 24118196612345696264435429016558627931154565976155695441258183
25 - 29202349101200101149299221688246139366624721925629509597467656271386
30 - 342395231283841111406495456219331128077003581221025115840105185723282441
35 - 3923942813706010236897846987279716829116995130211814118193936211000180820
40 - 442472611500659719613968110442924244421883856042068521196238722919995601439
45 - 492240801362938778714534112443290271722159155811804471027907765819276691258
50 - 5417514511001965126117539240251325380210764304136128791625696618845411343
55 - 591090927131737775795862141744180301534426868181149315324971292444848
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_8347b2b3953c9c7fe97724868535238c"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Occupational Status and Sex (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_8347b2b3953c9c7fe97724868535238c/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)