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Economy

Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Occupation, Ethnic Group 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/8929

Last updated 19 days ago (21 Aug 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentWorkingPersonsAged15YearsandOverbyOccupationEthnicGroupandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (11 rows, 1.8 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Chinese) Total
Numeric
(Chinese) Males
Numeric
(Chinese) Females
Numeric
(Malays) Total
Numeric
(Malays) Males
Numeric
(Malays) Females
Text
(Indians) Total
Numeric
(Indians) Males
Numeric
(Indians) Females
Text
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Males
Numeric
(Others) 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)9.1%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)9.1%
Total1482579889482593097118923869890749033016996411074659219105845692473659817532105826950
Senior Officials & Managers211835158980528551888881403894849949613763119813261111562106472536721053
Professionals150265863756389012687671886549906831336434661349090884402306920371032
Associate Professionals & Technicians2833611539281294332330791215751115042790918789912019035118407195333717231614
Clerical Workers21358849485164103161088318151292733396311934220291635351711118221845651619
Service & Sales Workers1829661068677609913877474092646822753820070746814513116112902214110941047
Agricultural & Fishery Workers11581034124992868124130130na2929na77na
Production Craftsmen & Related Workers1067539756991848799979906809313682129797034636429534143638848
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers178752130437483151333129862934683330712362094511163376893944737499238
Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers101149542794687074067374243664318148123845764841542334182519238281
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_f2b549f9bae5a70b1e2a01bb3bda2356"
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, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_f2b549f9bae5a70b1e2a01bb3bda2356/view

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Created on

26 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)