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Economy

Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Number of Hours Worked, 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

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude national servicemen.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8784

Last updated 26 days ago (20 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentWorkingPersonsAged15YearsandOverbyNumberofHoursWorkedOccupationalStatusandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (10 rows, 1.5 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
(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)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%
Total16126479250426876057550757767177401453501128533249713804607505656298951132938577472
Below 307517630099450774966285521111992211637828448166150083315821235981524
30 - 343538315419199641725102170472384659257925493937916114929361568
35 - 3934179152681891115491045504491434231491272711063216639445168277
40 - 44564772287553277219141101077633332415518361579552474525770426704117637131050
45 - 49324455181615142840984576892157143061139429122991661620901370761138442696
50 - 54198294122103761908424656218611232910021230817678310524471539758276482
55 - 59758984932626572435833191038782663181508631453945723689569232337
60 - 64138066944304363710592847121211639513244315111001072380376311069335734
65 & Over166424129229371941994016029391138267337974470105681786722700925367311805
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_b53c7355f403f799d5d607a237e9df0d"
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 Number of Hours Worked, Occupational Status and Sex (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_b53c7355f403f799d5d607a237e9df0d/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)