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Economy

Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Usual Mode of Transport to Work, Employment Status and Sex (General Household Survey 2015)

Last updated: 04 Dec 2025, 21:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 09/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2015

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude working persons who were overseas for more than 6 months.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8336

Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_87ee82e77f550bf8144b6e47ccd3b29e"
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. (2023). Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Usual Mode of Transport to Work, Employment Status and Sex (General Household Survey 2015) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved December 27, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_87ee82e77f550bf8144b6e47ccd3b29e/view

About this dataset

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Created on

23 Nov 2023

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

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Economy

Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Usual Mode of Transport to Work, Employment Status and Sex (General Household Survey 2015)

Last updated: 04 Dec 2025, 21:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 09/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2015

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude working persons who were overseas for more than 6 months.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8336

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Data explorer

ResidentWorkingPersonsAged15YearsandOverbyUsualModeofTransporttoWorkEmploymentStatusandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2015.csv (12 rows, 1.7 KB)

Thousands Text	(Total) Total Numeric	(Total) Males Numeric	(Total) Females Numeric	(Employers) Total Numeric	(Employers) Males Numeric	(Employers) Females Numeric	(Own Account Workers) Total Numeric	(Own Account Workers) Males Numeric	(Own Account Workers) Females Numeric	(Employees) Total Numeric	(Employees) Males Numeric	(Employees) Females Numeric	(Contributing Family Workers) Total Numeric	(Contributing Family Workers) Males Numeric	(Contributing Family Workers) Females Numeric
(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%
Total	2147.8	1171.8	976	122.8	88.1	34.7	169.5	119.2	50.3	1847.4	961.2	886.1	8.2	3.3	4.9
Public Bus Only	353.6	155.3	198.4	5.5	2.8	2.7	13.9	7.3	6.6	333	144.6	188.4	1.3	0.6	0.7
MRT Only	257.7	110.4	147.3	5.1	3.1	2	8.4	4.6	3.8	244	102.6	141.4	0.2	0.1	0.1
MRT & Public Bus Only	533.4	252.2	281.2	8.8	5	3.8	25.5	13.9	11.6	498.4	233	265.4	0.8	0.3	0.5
Other Combinations Of MRT Or Public Bus	115.5	58.2	57.3	2.5	1.6	1	4.8	2.7	2.1	107.8	53.7	54.1	0.4	0.2	0.2
Taxi Only	28.4	15	13.4	2.1	1.2	1	5.8	4.7	1	20.1	9.1	11.1	0.4	0	0.3
Car Only	470	319.5	150.5	72.6	56.6	16	32.2	22.8	9.3	363.1	239.2	123.8	2.2	0.8	1.3
Private Chartered Bus/Van Only	58.3	37	21.3	2.3	2.1	0.3	2.3	2	0.3	53.6	32.9	20.7	0.1	0	0
Lorry/Pickup Only	42.8	38.4	4.4	6	5.9	0.1	5.2	4.7	0.6	31.1	27.7	3.4	0.4	0.1	0.3
Motorcycle/Scooter Only	73.2	68.7	4.5	1.1	0.9	0.3	3.9	3.7	0.2	67.9	64	3.9	0.2	0.2	0

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Thousands	Thousands	Text	Thousands	-
(Total) Total	Total_Total	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Total) Males	Total_Males	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Total) Females	Total_Females	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Employers) Total	Employers_Total	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Employers) Males	Employers_Males	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Employers) Females	Employers_Females	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Own Account Workers) Total	OwnAccountWorkers_Total	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Own Account Workers) Males	OwnAccountWorkers_Males	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Own Account Workers) Females	OwnAccountWorkers_Females	Numeric	Thousands	-

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