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Employed Residents Aged 15 Years and Over by Usual Mode of Transport to Work, Occupation and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

Description

Census of Population 2020 counts of employed Singapore residents aged 15 years and over by usual mode of transport to work, occupation, and sex. Occupational groups span legislators and managers through cleaners and related workers; excludes full-time students and those overseas for at least six months. Transport and labour researchers link commute mode with occupation. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/17608.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 30/06/2026 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2020 Footnotes: Note: Data exclude employed persons who were full-time students or overseas for at least 6 months. Full-time students are covered in the tables on usual transport to school. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17608

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Number (Total) Total (Total) Legislators, Senior Officials & Managers (Total) Professionals (Total) Associate Professionals & Technicians (Total) Clerical Support Workers (Total) Service & Sales Workers (Total) Craftsmen & Related Trades Workers (Total) Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers (Total) Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers (Total) Others1/ (Males) Total (Males) Legislators, Senior Officials & Managers (Males) Professionals (Males) Associate Professionals & Technicians (Males) Clerical Support Workers (Males) Service & Sales Workers (Males) Craftsmen & Related Trades Workers (Males) Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers (Males) Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers (Males) Others1/ (Females) Total (Females) Legislators, Senior Officials & Managers (Females) Professionals (Females) Associate Professionals & Technicians (Females) Clerical Support Workers (Females) Service & Sales Workers (Females) Craftsmen & Related Trades Workers (Females) Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers (Females) Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers (Females) Others1/
Total 2177456.000000 353836.000000 515591.000000 437278.000000 208756.000000 247501.000000 61666.000000 147111.000000 149575.000000 56144.000000 1163601.000000 216682.000000 257111.000000 223996.000000 46939.000000 112209.000000 52571.000000 131535.000000 68353.000000 54206.000000 1013856.000000 137153.000000 258480.000000 213282.000000 161817.000000 135292.000000 9095.000000 15576.000000 81222.000000 1938
Public Bus Only 325779.000000 22820.000000 57389.000000 58375.000000 43806.000000 58173.000000 9224.000000 16299.000000 49425.000000 10268.000000 142175.000000 11131.000000 23893.000000 24948.000000 9247.000000 22913.000000 7215.000000 12001.000000 20721.000000 10106.000000 183603.000000 11689.000000 33497.000000 33427.000000 34559.000000 35260.000000 2009.000000 4297.000000 28703.000000 162
Rail (MRT/LRT) Only 308717.000000 45117.000000 100249.000000 65649.000000 35214.000000 33431.000000 4006.000000 4423.000000 16460.000000 4170.000000 131632.000000 21940.000000 44832.000000 26464.000000 7013.000000 14316.000000 3156.000000 3361.000000 6518.000000 4031.000000 177085.000000 23177.000000 55416.000000 39184.000000 28201.000000 19115.000000 850.000000 1062.000000 9942.000000 138
Rail (MRT/LRT) & Public Bus Only 574382.000000 57425.000000 146917.000000 137521.000000 74671.000000 74004.000000 12816.000000 14274.000000 38295.000000 18457.000000 266284.000000 29972.000000 68872.000000 62082.000000 15034.000000 32409.000000 10556.000000 11507.000000 17874.000000 17977.000000 308098.000000 27453.000000 78045.000000 75439.000000 59637.000000 41595.000000 2260.000000 2767.000000 20421.000000 480
Combination of Rail (MRT/LRT) and/or Public Bus, with Other Modes 48556.000000 6663.000000 13081.000000 11143.000000 4651.000000 3182.000000 1518.000000 2104.000000 2461.000000 3754.000000 26707.000000 3291.000000 6782.000000 5962.000000 1173.000000 1631.000000 1334.000000 1558.000000 1309.000000 3667.000000 21849.000000 3372.000000 6299.000000 5181.000000 3477.000000 1551.000000 184.000000 546.000000 1152.000000 87
Taxi/Private Hire Car Only 66681.000000 15710.000000 21414.000000 11674.000000 3329.000000 10303.000000 536.000000 633.000000 936.000000 2145.000000 29527.000000 7823.000000 8820.000000 4809.000000 496.000000 4120.000000 412.000000 598.000000 375.000000 2074.000000 37154.000000 7888.000000 12594.000000 6865.000000 2834.000000 6183.000000 124.000000 36.000000 561.000000 71
Car Only 459796.000000 166632.000000 127942.000000 83642.000000 20845.000000 22783.000000 10990.000000 9088.000000 5420.000000 12452.000000 299847.000000 116051.000000 76404.000000 54711.000000 5403.000000 14530.000000 10027.000000 8335.000000 2734.000000 11652.000000 159949.000000 50581.000000 51538.000000 28931.000000 15443.000000 8254.000000 963.000000 753.000000 2686.000000 800
Private Chartered Bus/Van Only 44883.000000 4413.000000 6557.000000 10255.000000 4538.000000 1926.000000 4438.000000 8868.000000 3681.000000 207.000000 28361.000000 2936.000000 3729.000000 6617.000000 1157.000000 1148.000000 3749.000000 7271.000000 1593.000000 162.000000 16522.000000 1477.000000 2828.000000 3638.000000 3381.000000 779.000000 689.000000 1597.000000 2088.000000 45
Lorry/Pickup Only 28894.000000 3070.000000 777.000000 3192.000000 1393.000000 2310.000000 6192.000000 9015.000000 2606.000000 340.000000 25879.000000 2859.000000 590.000000 2791.000000 756.000000 1657.000000 6067.000000 8831.000000 1988.000000 340.000000 3016.000000 211.000000 187.000000 401.000000 638.000000 653.000000 125.000000 184.000000 617.000000 -
Motorcycle/Scooter Only 73487.000000 3550.000000 7600.000000 22178.000000 4542.000000 10864.000000 6290.000000 12259.000000 3844.000000 2361.000000 67155.000000 3198.000000 6560.000000 20631.000000 3321.000000 9545.000000 6230.000000 12039.000000 3334.000000 2297.000000 6332.000000 352.000000 1040.000000 1546.000000 1222.000000 1318.000000 59.000000 220.000000 510.000000 64
Others 33375.000000 3234.000000 4265.000000 4949.000000 1847.000000 4918.000000 1582.000000 5245.000000 6133.000000 1201.000000 23572.000000 2305.000000 2585.000000 3547.000000 881.000000 2621.000000 1494.000000 4750.000000 4212.000000 1177.000000 9803.000000 929.000000 1680.000000 1402.000000 966.000000 2298.000000 88.000000 495.000000 1920.000000 24
No Transport Required 212907.000000 25201.000000 29400.000000 28701.000000 13919.000000 25607.000000 4073.000000 64902.000000 20315.000000 788.000000 122462.000000 15177.000000 14044.000000 11433.000000 2459.000000 7320.000000 2330.000000 61283.000000 7695.000000 723.000000 90445.000000 10024.000000 15357.000000 17268.000000 11460.000000 18288.000000 1743.000000 3620.000000 12621.000000 65

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Number Text No
(Total) Total Numeric No
(Total) Legislators, Senior Officials & Managers Numeric No
(Total) Professionals Numeric No
(Total) Associate Professionals & Technicians Numeric No
(Total) Clerical Support Workers Numeric No
(Total) Service & Sales Workers Numeric No
(Total) Craftsmen & Related Trades Workers Numeric No
(Total) Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers Numeric No
(Total) Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers Numeric No
(Total) Others1/ Numeric No
(Males) Total Numeric No
(Males) Legislators, Senior Officials & Managers Numeric No
(Males) Professionals Numeric No
(Males) Associate Professionals & Technicians Numeric No
(Males) Clerical Support Workers Numeric No
(Males) Service & Sales Workers Numeric No
(Males) Craftsmen & Related Trades Workers Numeric No
(Males) Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers Numeric No
(Males) Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers Numeric No
(Males) Others1/ Numeric No
(Females) Total Numeric No
(Females) Legislators, Senior Officials & Managers Numeric No
(Females) Professionals Numeric No
(Females) Associate Professionals & Technicians Numeric No
(Females) Clerical Support Workers Numeric No
(Females) Service & Sales Workers Numeric No
(Females) Craftsmen & Related Trades Workers Numeric No
(Females) Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers Numeric No
(Females) Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers Numeric No
(Females) Others1/ Text No