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Economy

Employed Residents Aged 15 Years and Over by Usual Hours Worked, Employment Status and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 07 Jun 2025, 20:00 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: Note: Data exclude national servicemen.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17544

Data explorer

EmployedResidentsAged15YearsandOverbyUsualHoursWorkedEmploymentStatusandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (10 rows, 1.6 KB)

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%
Total2166462113653510299271028467189930946206755144759619961849397917169932228746527094757
Below 30165802614301043727388372336654020621236189701149203536979552328811032185
30 - 346071226045346673030142616041508499835101418751438527490723251472
35 - 39124281612956298799056257364822686146138073911294021250916562213349
40 - 441075204534364540840399742857411400472833309514189987021472298514723925397529
45 - 493414461908271506191327710020325617983133814602309669167135142534518290227
50 - 5417880110800770794108218124269715603117303873152081880766400529676220
55 - 594924632271169763244232991580706594147637752232931445918054126
60 - 6493136631353000277235751197315058126262433699784460125376378157220
65 & Over77833591621867174845696178824781215003281449723179913173596167429

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Employers) TotalEmployers_TotalNumericNumber-
(Employers) MalesEmployers_MalesNumericNumber-
(Employers) FemalesEmployers_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Own Account Workers) TotalOwnAccountWorkers_TotalNumericNumber-
(Own Account Workers) MalesOwnAccountWorkers_MalesNumericNumber-
(Own Account Workers) FemalesOwnAccountWorkers_FemalesNumericNumber-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_b43a21e5eba6ba7bf2eac71cc393e73d"
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). Employed Residents Aged 15 Years and Over by Usual Hours Worked, Employment Status and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 24, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_b43a21e5eba6ba7bf2eac71cc393e73d/view

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Created on

22 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)