Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Occupation, Ethnic Group and Sex (General Household Survey 2005)
Description
General Household Survey 2005 tabulation from the Singapore Department of Statistics cross-classifying resident working persons aged 15 years and over by occupation, ethnic group and sex. Counts are reported for the total resident workforce and separately for Chinese, Malays, Indians and other ethnic groups, each split into males and females. Useful for examining occupational segregation, ethnic representation across job categories and the gender composition of Singapore's workforce in the mid-2000s.
Official description
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/8775
- Last updated
- Rows
- 11
- Columns
- 16
Chart
Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Number | (Total) Total | (Total) Males | (Total) Females | (Chinese) Total | (Chinese) Males | (Chinese) Females | (Malays) Total | (Malays) Males | (Malays) Females | (Indians) Total | (Indians) Males | (Indians) Females | (Others) Total | (Others) Males | (Others) Females |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1647294.000000 | 959689.000000 | 687605.000000 | 1298942.000000 | 737840.000000 | 561102.000000 | 184758.000000 | 115758.000000 | 69000 | 126966.000000 | 84476.000000 | 42490 | 36628 | 21615 | 15013 |
| Senior Officials & Managers | 216353.000000 | 156644.000000 | 59709.000000 | 189839.000000 | 135408.000000 | 54431.000000 | 4431.000000 | 3229.000000 | 1202 | 14462.000000 | 12205.000000 | 2257 | 7622 | 5804 | 1818 |
| Professionals | 204598.000000 | 119911.000000 | 84687.000000 | 164008.000000 | 93299.000000 | 70709.000000 | 8507.000000 | 3757.000000 | 4750 | 23165.000000 | 16561.000000 | 6604 | 8918 | 6294 | 2624 |
| Associate Professionals & Technicians | 317676.000000 | 159971.000000 | 157705.000000 | 260860.000000 | 127602.000000 | 133258.000000 | 26231.000000 | 14733.000000 | 11499 | 21770.000000 | 13124.000000 | 8645 | 8815 | 4513 | 4302 |
| Clerical Workers | 232501.000000 | 55810.000000 | 176691.000000 | 176493.000000 | 37542.000000 | 138951.000000 | 34414.000000 | 11465.000000 | 22949 | 17819.000000 | 6046.000000 | 11774 | 3774 | 757 | 3017 |
| Service & Sales Workers | 239404.000000 | 130307.000000 | 109098.000000 | 179370.000000 | 89893.000000 | 89478.000000 | 37503.000000 | 25011.000000 | 12493 | 18635.000000 | 13720.000000 | 4915 | 3896 | 1683 | 2212 |
| Agricultural & Fishery Workers | 1207.000000 | 972.000000 | 235.000000 | 1104.000000 | 869.000000 | 235.000000 | 77.000000 | 77.000000 | na | 26.000000 | 26.000000 | na | na | na | na |
| Production Craftsmen & Related Workers | 110602.000000 | 101853.000000 | 8749.000000 | 86461.000000 | 78638.000000 | 7823.000000 | 17114.000000 | 16427.000000 | 687 | 6280.000000 | 6088.000000 | 192 | 747 | 700 | 47 |
| Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers | 173582.000000 | 132791.000000 | 40791.000000 | 129958.000000 | 100617.000000 | 29340.000000 | 31083.000000 | 23208.000000 | 7875 | 11157.000000 | 8053.000000 | 3103 | 1385 | 912 | 473 |
| Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers | 96660.000000 | 48833.000000 | 47826.000000 | 67310.000000 | 32142.000000 | 35168.000000 | 19935.000000 | 12478.000000 | 7457 | 8619.000000 | 3867.000000 | 4752 | 796 | 346 | 450 |
| Workers Not Classifiable By Occupation | 54711.000000 | 52597.000000 | 2115.000000 | 43540.000000 | 41831.000000 | 1709.000000 | 5463.000000 | 5374.000000 | 89 | 5034.000000 | 4786.000000 | 247 | 674 | 606 | 68 |
Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Text | No |
| (Total) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Malays) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Malays) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Malays) Females | Text | No |
| (Indians) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Indians) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Indians) Females | Text | No |
| (Others) Total | Text | No |
| (Others) Males | Text | No |
| (Others) Females | Text | No |