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Economy

Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Occupation, Travelling Time to Work and Sex (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 13/10/2015

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude persons working at their place of residence.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/6417

Last updated 1 month ago (16 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentWorkingPersonsAged15YearsandOverbyOccupationTravellingTimetoWorkandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (11 rows, 2.2 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
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(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Up To 15 Mins) Total
Numeric
(Up To 15 Mins) Males
Numeric
(Up To 15 Mins) Females
Numeric
(16 - 30 Mins) Total
Numeric
(16 - 30 Mins) Males
Numeric
(16 - 30 Mins) Females
Numeric
(31 - 45 Mins) Total
Numeric
(31 - 45 Mins) Males
Numeric
(31 - 45 Mins) Females
Numeric
(46 - 60 Mins) Total
Numeric
(46 - 60 Mins) Males
Numeric
(46 - 60 Mins) Females
Numeric
(More Than 60 Mins) Total
Numeric
(More Than 60 Mins) Males
Numeric
(More Than 60 Mins) 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%
Total1624642947892676750312952190557122395648229392453255776330888183058147831249882133435116447826914839034301
Senior Officials & Managers20832315093157392474603504212417102809762972651235797252831051417987117536234427125561715
Professionals201588118382832053467219322153518149348220332734332025461178593119218755124371091166244287
Associate Professionals & Technicians311770156808154962411452111820027121168651345603472098348303726757770264073136319590931810272
Clerical Workers230375555081748673129671302416680770206206014957453136844376946400101263627414455394710508
Service & Sales Workers237130129607107523563932891927474928505374839101455642462420940328241685415971949854624037
Agricultural & Fishery Workers12079722352101803057247010219314251193142513939na
Production Craftsmen & Related Workers10964910151681341547513747172848032449683065224472078216661780216438136358935581312
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers17344113279140650614845234791376385945862179972408717134695318312129065406569845411157
Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers9647648807476691998581791180539550207661878417723938983341514381446999407523301745
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_d900687aa7f1bf68057e30c8632f4674"
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 Occupation, Travelling Time to Work and Sex (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_d900687aa7f1bf68057e30c8632f4674/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)