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Economy

Employed Residents Aged 15 Years and Over by Planning Area of Workplace and Occupation (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 07 Mar 2026, 19:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 18/06/2021

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Footnotes: Notes: Planning areas refer to areas demarcated in the Urban Redevelopment Authority's Master Plan 2019. Data refers to the usual workplace location and not the temporary arrangements due to COVID-19 measures.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17582

Data explorer

EmployedResidentsAged15YearsandOverbyPlanningAreaofWorkplaceandOccupationCensusofPopulation2020.csv (48 rows, 4.2 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
Legislators, Senior Officials & Managers
Numeric
Professionals
Numeric
Associate Professionals & Technicians
Numeric
Clerical Support Workers
Numeric
Service & Sales Workers
Numeric
Craftsmen & Related Trades Workers
Numeric
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers
Numeric
Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers
Numeric
Others1/
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%
Total22083583557145202044437352150282549906221814814215205656273
Ang Mo Kio48180698013481876339616875127824254074344
Bedok5987592141132311532675180672808312959521100
Bishan289324587487165273795362911191910241382
Boon Lay193003206323146552371716102719902104-
Bukit Batok33792537063034801365041891124136633643624
Bukit Merah1035751655029752212281150212450222527766395696
Bukit Panjang909164420201496663244813831613607
Bukit Timah213622534571037031851380434159517441080
Changi6374751389678156817972144361978220747291927

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
TotalTotalNumericNumber-
Legislators, Senior Officials & ManagersLegislators_SeniorOfficialsandManagersNumericNumber-
ProfessionalsProfessionalsNumericNumber-
Associate Professionals & TechniciansAssociateProfessionalsandTechniciansNumericNumber-
Clerical Support WorkersClericalSupportWorkersNumericNumber-
Service & Sales WorkersServiceandSalesWorkersNumericNumber-
Craftsmen & Related Trades WorkersCraftsmenandRelatedTradesWorkersNumericNumber-
Plant & Machine Operators & AssemblersPlantandMachineOperatorsandAssemblersNumericNumber-
Cleaners, Labourers & Related WorkersCleaners_LabourersandRelatedWorkersNumericNumber-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_a9c214d2534f2da9587ae3bb481f3b85"
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). Employed Residents Aged 15 Years and Over by Planning Area of Workplace and Occupation (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 4, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_a9c214d2534f2da9587ae3bb481f3b85/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)