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Economy

Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Ethnic Group, Employment Status 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/8652

Last updated 28 days ago (18 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

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ResidentWorkingPersonsAged15YearsandOverbyEthnicGroupEmploymentStatusandSexCensusofPopulation2010.csv (5 rows, 982 B)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Employers) Total
Numeric
(Employers) Males
Numeric
(Employers) Females
Numeric
(Own Account Workers) Total
Numeric
(Own Account Workers) Males
Numeric
(Own Account Workers) Females
Numeric
(Employees) Total
Numeric
(Employees) Males
Numeric
(Employees) Females
Numeric
(Contributing Family Workers) Total
Numeric
(Contributing Family Workers) Males
Numeric
(Contributing Family Workers) Females
Numeric
(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)0.0%
Total1898042107956381848096570731752339515934811426245085162388488576573811818241636011881
Chinese14438357999976438388351363346201671363739806738307120797463296257501115974562210353
Malays2193291312158811420251334691105637704285920597512189184084766286481
Indians1629021068345606871655564160190336512252214550794361511461196397799
Others7197741516304613866293093633781980139864428365512787730556249
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_95b9a2d8f3e3755e06c6eb2758514334"
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 Ethnic Group, Employment Status and Sex (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_95b9a2d8f3e3755e06c6eb2758514334/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)