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Economy

Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Occupation, Highest Qualification Attained 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

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8779

Last updated 26 days ago (20 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentWorkingPersonsAged15YearsandOverbyOccupationHighestQualificationAttainedandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.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
Numeric
(Polytechnic) Total
Numeric
(Polytechnic) Males
Numeric
(Polytechnic) Females
Numeric
(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)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)18.2%
(Null)18.2%
(Null)18.2%
Total164729495968968760511453668021465151405179028550232169533109910596243821322123231698091964851174217906417675810604470713982054363954566369128212047157081
Senior Officials & Managers216353156644597095246436088781126814129814943121652778402072955710650197641421455492119616796440016443107405703904426199928443
Professionals20459811991184687995247102267721812989181210068053893151723761504990705979124644663780117096110344867512
Associate Professionals & Technicians317676159971157705907713887669218547537251749502832720123082392772192217355888234961639207405121796222550923303879953531
Clerical Workers23250155810176691325816541604886841714698256139148164651046932329481399487099869388401842935541487417919295614963501211633849
Service & Sales Workers239404130307109098305681519515373364251866917756456052431821288766904311033580255081582496851255772665291664536502995540622753130
Agricultural & Fishery Workers120797223525716889275232432892513819315538142129133926131313nananana
Production Craftsmen & Related Workers110602101853874912818111761642184881639420931872517330139433282308832399239212288910321760168377134512469826425213
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers17358213279140791247211810266193756927822974741531325408991504203868011740154061250329031864155830514091099310663487177
Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers9666048833478263701716814202032915314915142391501282326780123746902547228851817106877522614010238nanana
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_c9a7199129cdeb20eb7f756949aaa652"
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). Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Occupation, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_c9a7199129cdeb20eb7f756949aaa652/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)