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Economy

Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Occupation, Marital 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

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8774

Last updated 26 days ago (20 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentWorkingPersonsAged15YearsandOverbyOccupationMaritalStatusandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (11 rows, 1.8 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Single) Total
Numeric
(Single) Males
Numeric
(Single) Females
Numeric
(Married) Total
Numeric
(Married) Males
Numeric
(Married) Females
Numeric
(Widowed) Total
Numeric
(Widowed) Males
Text
(Widowed) Females
Text
(Divorced/Separated) Total
Numeric
(Divorced/Separated) Males
Numeric
(Divorced/Separated) 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)9.1%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)9.1%
Total1647294959689687605467084253263213821110576667960142616621549553916010528942128631608
Senior Officials & Managers21635315664459709287951544213352180589137791427981695717978527526942581
Professionals20459811991184687680513370134350133464851104835457921636325038841619
Associate Professionals & Technicians31767615997115770511564051493641481932181053168790215914181173722627444482
Clerical Workers232501558101766917198617336546501494463704311240322821932089878712377550
Service & Sales Workers23940413030710909868915393742954015257485277672975240108741531267645698107
Agricultural & Fishery Workers12079722351931553897580517126na261313na
Production Craftsmen & Related Workers1106021018538749215281940321248517379257591695672223529452471474
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers173582132791407912812319979814413639810730729091237611401236668643662320
Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers96660488334782621866152536613615593046431095677810215757645720964361
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_ec8a541d6a053200670c1015dde6d199"
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, Marital Status and Sex (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_ec8a541d6a053200670c1015dde6d199/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)