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Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Occupation, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 31/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8930

Last updated 19 days ago (21 Aug 2026)

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ResidentWorkingPersonsAged15YearsandOverbyOccupationHighestQualificationAttainedandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (11 rows, 3 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(No Qualification) Total
Numeric
(No Qualification) Males
Numeric
(No Qualification) Females
Numeric
(Primary) Total
Numeric
(Primary) Males
Numeric
(Primary) Females
Numeric
(Lower Secondary) Total
Numeric
(Lower Secondary) Males
Numeric
(Lower Secondary) Females
Numeric
(Secondary) Total
Numeric
(Secondary) Males
Numeric
(Secondary) Females
Numeric
(Upper Secondary) Total
Numeric
(Upper Secondary) Males
Numeric
(Upper Secondary) Females
Text
(Polytechnic) Total
Numeric
(Polytechnic) Males
Numeric
(Polytechnic) Females
Text
(Other Diploma) Total
Numeric
(Other Diploma) Males
Numeric
(Other Diploma) Females
Text
(University) Total
Text
(University) Males
Text
(University) Females
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)0.0%
(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)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)9.1%
Total1482579889482593097141973870755489814410697808462981605671095305103740583823072417511417549210278272710125087798014528794636434915114523488013827196609
Senior Officials & Managers21183515898052855875372961456103968813158416115135832532482583680911449218641620256621775114346340517466118235643712325010921124
Professionals150265863756389013711324159125332551886716069936136273270135721601710412560516265726889971095556457644979
Associate Professionals & Technicians283361153928129433120962414741189285991773052612774094572331686457402806017680639243513028794383211710621215464551931927137
Clerical Workers21358849485164103395520941861971351494564221608277138831111362336587771428357254355816304101552901461417801283428705512319
Service & Sales Workers18296610686776099315671705314514304141759912814337671994313823602913571024580171881087963104424287315513987204719411329763566
Agricultural & Fishery Workers1158103412446639076264245192021975199175241010na77na1010nananana
Production Craftsmen & Related Workers10675397569918418674166092065221421989822441976418241152332157297132444121071145665166258973103890613220815751
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers1787521304374831533768226281114042439292601317940474300211045349001379351106511585939121953002623898678819820015248
Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers10114954279468704422120493237282653614971115651508890156072127058038466723941635759141051631125127522
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_b65e4ca903fa86f24c2ee69caad23e76"
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 Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Occupation, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_b65e4ca903fa86f24c2ee69caad23e76/view

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Created on

26 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)