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Economy

Resident Employees Aged 15 Years and Over by Occupation, Nature of Employment and Sex (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 29/03/2016

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/8808

Last updated 26 days ago (20 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentEmployeesAged15YearsandOverbyOccupationNatureofEmploymentandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (11 rows, 1.5 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Permanent) Total
Numeric
(Permanent) Males
Numeric
(Permanent) Females
Numeric
(Contract) Total
Text
(Contract) Males
Text
(Contract) Females
Text
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Males
Numeric
(Others) Females
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total138046075056562989512069146595745473406193034899270311116175609255524
Senior Officials & Managers1351029184743254132090897154237522441675568768457311
Professionals19360811273880870174943101826731171582598465980284010661774
Associate Professionals & Technicians2854171408911445262619521302601316921386370876776960235446058
Clerical Workers229047546031744442063244903215729278122175563714912339611516
Service & Sales Workers195478104502909771565668710869457698439912993319291340218527
Agricultural & Fishery Workers726534192649470179nanana776413
Production Craftsmen & Related Workers961248859775278256976041652827172572145108389984854
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers131173914613971211511981130339893905222016851214981114038
Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers913644502546338585382748131057548824453042273371509912238
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_b020fd342c5b5ea30cfe717b77d260de"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Employees Aged 15 Years and Over by Occupation, Nature of Employment and Sex (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_b020fd342c5b5ea30cfe717b77d260de/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)