| Table 6.2 | ||||||||||||||
| Timor-Leste: Population in private households, 15 years of age, currently economically active, by age groups according to sex and main occupation | ||||||||||||||
| Age group | ||||||||||||||
| Sex and main occupation | Total | 15-19 | 20-24 | 25-29 | 30-34 | 35-39 | 40-44 | 45-49 | 50-54 | 55-59 | 60-64 | 65-69 | 70-74 | 75 + |
| Both sexes | 314,422 | 19,166 | 36,196 | 39,004 | 47,116 | 38,022 | 36,649 | 27,890 | 25,964 | 14,701 | 14,106 | 7,288 | 4,671 | 3,649 |
| Armed forces | 1,035 | 12 | 237 | 276 | 221 | 119 | 83 | 53 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Legislators, senior officials | 1,481 | 4 | 29 | 141 | 296 | 281 | 248 | 212 | 141 | 78 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 6 |
| Health professionals | 434 | 2 | 35 | 89 | 136 | 69 | 53 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Secondary and tertiary teachers | 2,223 | 6 | 89 | 480 | 756 | 432 | 214 | 115 | 89 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Religious leaders | 284 | 0 | 16 | 35 | 45 | 42 | 38 | 23 | 29 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 4 |
| Other professionals | 2,665 | 31 | 355 | 572 | 715 | 437 | 259 | 172 | 69 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| Health technicians | 1,128 | 4 | 82 | 230 | 271 | 187 | 179 | 94 | 52 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Primary teachers | 4,468 | 7 | 125 | 378 | 752 | 1,199 | 912 | 613 | 320 | 105 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| Other technicians/associates | 1,269 | 61 | 181 | 224 | 260 | 185 | 139 | 86 | 56 | 41 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| Clerical workers | 638 | 19 | 90 | 140 | 136 | 105 | 64 | 41 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Hotel and restaurant workers | 732 | 40 | 158 | 163 | 140 | 85 | 64 | 45 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Travel attendants, guides | 290 | 3 | 38 | 65 | 64 | 52 | 32 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sales people | 6,575 | 319 | 837 | 1,050 | 1,256 | 944 | 769 | 562 | 422 | 180 | 127 | 57 | 29 | 23 |
| Police officers | 2,150 | 8 | 347 | 781 | 584 | 237 | 91 | 68 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Security guards | 776 | 8 | 95 | 188 | 196 | 126 | 69 | 44 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Other service workers | 916 | 47 | 126 | 175 | 189 | 112 | 95 | 68 | 44 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 |
| Market farmer | 819 | 36 | 97 | 94 | 111 | 116 | 123 | 65 | 67 | 50 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
| Subsistence farmer | 244,622 | 15,958 | 26,736 | 26,360 | 33,325 | 27,615 | 28,727 | 22,799 | 22,368 | 13,061 | 13,024 | 6,780 | 4,434 | 3,435 |
| Other farmers | 622 | 40 | 92 | 95 | 83 | 88 | 72 | 58 | 38 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| Comercial fishing | 83 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Subsistence fishing | 1,367 | 89 | 167 | 191 | 217 | 185 | 136 | 111 | 100 | 53 | 57 | 25 | 18 | 18 |
| Building trade | 2,053 | 49 | 184 | 282 | 383 | 329 | 316 | 218 | 149 | 66 | 41 | 20 | 8 | 8 |
| Handicraft workers | 1,012 | 70 | 153 | 164 | 186 | 136 | 114 | 73 | 65 | 19 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Other trades | 1,216 | 49 | 147 | 235 | 222 | 188 | 145 | 86 | 71 | 36 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 4 |
| Mining and oil workers | 209 | 4 | 26 | 59 | 44 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Electricity workers | 493 | 21 | 76 | 104 | 100 | 66 | 49 | 30 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Drivers | 3,464 | 96 | 609 | 841 | 786 | 478 | 376 | 146 | 82 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Shipping and port workers | 93 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other machine operators | 985 | 26 | 125 | 216 | 231 | 161 | 113 | 51 | 33 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Street vendors | 945 | 58 | 126 | 147 | 176 | 120 | 124 | 81 | 55 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Other informal vendors | 3,468 | 175 | 439 | 539 | 650 | 533 | 403 | 274 | 200 | 94 | 81 | 47 | 22 | 11 |
| Domestic helpers | 2,614 | 153 | 462 | 403 | 382 | 314 | 285 | 181 | 186 | 88 | 80 | 42 | 22 | 16 |
| Building caretakers, porters | 925 | 12 | 110 | 215 | 223 | 160 | 96 | 50 | 40 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Agricultural laborers | 1,616 | 99 | 184 | 214 | 234 | 234 | 180 | 149 | 120 | 71 | 59 | 38 | 15 | 19 |
| Other informal workers | 3,707 | 217 | 524 | 500 | 619 | 490 | 507 | 294 | 257 | 139 | 90 | 39 | 13 | 18 |
| Not Elsewhere Included | 11,280 | 506 | 1,508 | 2,225 | 2,280 | 1,648 | 1,216 | 739 | 555 | 268 | 186 | 88 | 38 | 23 |
| Not stated | 5,765 | 933 | 1,575 | 1,091 | 806 | 485 | 325 | 233 | 167 | 56 | 34 | 20 | 14 | 26 |
| Male | 180,670 | 9,686 | 18,668 | 22,195 | 28,517 | 22,770 | 20,766 | 15,666 | 15,079 | 8,755 | 8,660 | 4,443 | 2,989 | 2,476 |
| Armed forces | 886 | 10 | 184 | 238 | 197 | 106 | 76 | 49 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Legislators, senior officials | 1,286 | 3 | 22 | 106 | 257 | 247 | 222 | 178 | 132 | 72 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 5 |
| Health professionals | 217 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 59 | 43 | 35 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Secondary and tertiary teachers | 1,702 | 3 | 68 | 331 | 584 | 365 | 178 | 73 | 64 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Religious leaders | 207 | 0 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 26 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 4 |
| Other professionals | 1,873 | 13 | 182 | 343 | 554 | 352 | 201 | 139 | 57 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Health technicians | 709 | 2 | 32 | 119 | 158 | 128 | 131 | 76 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Primary teachers | 3,011 | 3 | 62 | 205 | 505 | 880 | 648 | 388 | 204 | 75 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Other technicians/associates | 591 | 2 | 42 | 116 | 161 | 120 | 73 | 32 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Clerical workers | 411 | 12 | 44 | 82 | 89 | 81 | 52 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hotel and restaurant workers | 295 | 13 | 43 | 61 | 72 | 37 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Travel attendants, guides | 189 | 1 | 17 | 40 | 47 | 33 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sales people | 3,215 | 144 | 372 | 546 | 639 | 489 | 380 | 240 | 196 | 83 | 66 | 28 | 17 | 15 |
| Police officers | 1,712 | 3 | 167 | 612 | 519 | 223 | 89 | 68 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Security guards | 734 | 7 | 86 | 178 | 185 | 122 | 64 | 44 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Other service workers | 440 | 13 | 55 | 91 | 104 | 61 | 55 | 33 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Market farmer | 453 | 20 | 55 | 40 | 63 | 62 | 69 | 45 | 36 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| Subsistence farmer | 137,937 | 8,216 | 13,623 | 14,157 | 19,280 | 15,719 | 15,762 | 12,677 | 13,060 | 7,884 | 8,124 | 4,200 | 2,873 | 2,362 |
| Other farmers | 308 | 17 | 36 | 40 | 51 | 48 | 36 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Comercial fishing | 63 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Subsistence fishing | 1,028 | 55 | 125 | 147 | 177 | 150 | 100 | 78 | 69 | 39 | 43 | 16 | 14 | 15 |
| Building trade | 1,791 | 25 | 149 | 250 | 346 | 291 | 289 | 185 | 134 | 57 | 32 | 20 | 6 | 7 |
| Handicraft workers | 552 | 26 | 76 | 95 | 110 | 76 | 65 | 46 | 32 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Other trades | 719 | 31 | 81 | 137 | 129 | 118 | 90 | 47 | 40 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| Mining and oil workers | 192 | 3 | 23 | 55 | 39 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Electricity workers | 420 | 17 | 62 | 91 | 89 | 54 | 44 | 26 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Drivers | 3,413 | 90 | 594 | 833 | 776 | 472 | 375 | 144 | 81 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Shipping and port workers | 89 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other machine operators | 927 | 23 | 113 | 205 | 221 | 153 | 107 | 49 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Street vendors | 569 | 30 | 76 | 97 | 111 | 78 | 71 | 41 | 32 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Other informal vendors | 1,524 | 66 | 194 | 251 | 300 | 252 | 169 | 115 | 73 | 41 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 6 |
| Domestic helpers | 203 | 12 | 47 | 42 | 28 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Building caretakers, porters | 899 | 11 | 106 | 209 | 218 | 158 | 90 | 50 | 39 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Agricultural laborers | 639 | 28 | 57 | 82 | 101 | 120 | 72 | 51 | 49 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 13 |
| Other informal workers | 872 | 43 | 99 | 126 | 176 | 139 | 109 | 62 | 56 | 27 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Not Elsewhere Included | 6,529 | 189 | 709 | 1,357 | 1,496 | 1,092 | 730 | 401 | 289 | 117 | 83 | 39 | 15 | 12 |
| Not stated | 4,065 | 553 | 1,037 | 819 | 612 | 380 | 261 | 179 | 138 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 10 |
| Female | 133,752 | 9,480 | 17,528 | 16,809 | 18,599 | 15,252 | 15,883 | 12,224 | 10,885 | 5,946 | 5,446 | 2,845 | 1,682 | 1,173 |
| Armed forces | 149 | 2 | 53 | 38 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Legislators, senior officials | 195 | 1 | 7 | 35 | 39 | 34 | 26 | 34 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Health professionals | 217 | 1 | 30 | 54 | 77 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Secondary and tertiary teachers | 521 | 3 | 21 | 149 | 172 | 67 | 36 | 42 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Religious leaders | 77 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other professionals | 792 | 18 | 173 | 229 | 161 | 85 | 58 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Health technicians | 419 | 2 | 50 | 111 | 113 | 59 | 48 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Primary teachers | 1,457 | 4 | 63 | 173 | 247 | 319 | 264 | 225 | 116 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Other technicians/associates | 678 | 59 | 139 | 108 | 99 | 65 | 66 | 54 | 40 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Clerical workers | 227 | 7 | 46 | 58 | 47 | 24 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hotel and restaurant workers | 437 | 27 | 115 | 102 | 68 | 48 | 38 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travel attendants, guides | 101 | 2 | 21 | 25 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sales people | 3,360 | 175 | 465 | 504 | 617 | 455 | 389 | 322 | 226 | 97 | 61 | 29 | 12 | 8 |
| Police officers | 438 | 5 | 180 | 169 | 65 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Security guards | 42 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other service workers | 476 | 34 | 71 | 84 | 85 | 51 | 40 | 35 | 34 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| Market farmer | 366 | 16 | 42 | 54 | 48 | 54 | 54 | 20 | 31 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Subsistence farmer | 106,685 | 7,742 | 13,113 | 12,203 | 14,045 | 11,896 | 12,965 | 10,122 | 9,308 | 5,177 | 4,900 | 2,580 | 1,561 | 1,073 |
| Other farmers | 314 | 23 | 56 | 55 | 32 | 40 | 36 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Comercial fishing | 20 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Subsistence fishing | 339 | 34 | 42 | 44 | 40 | 35 | 36 | 33 | 31 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
| Building trade | 262 | 24 | 35 | 32 | 37 | 38 | 27 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Handicraft workers | 460 | 44 | 77 | 69 | 76 | 60 | 49 | 27 | 33 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Other trades | 497 | 18 | 66 | 98 | 93 | 70 | 55 | 39 | 31 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Mining and oil workers | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Electricity workers | 73 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Drivers | 51 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Shipping and port workers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other machine operators | 58 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Street vendors | 376 | 28 | 50 | 50 | 65 | 42 | 53 | 40 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Other informal vendors | 1,944 | 109 | 245 | 288 | 350 | 281 | 234 | 159 | 127 | 53 | 49 | 30 | 14 | 5 |
| Domestic helpers | 2,411 | 141 | 415 | 361 | 354 | 285 | 270 | 173 | 178 | 81 | 74 | 41 | 22 | 16 |
| Building caretakers, porters | 26 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Agricultural laborers | 977 | 71 | 127 | 132 | 133 | 114 | 108 | 98 | 71 | 45 | 38 | 25 | 9 | 6 |
| Other informal workers | 2,835 | 174 | 425 | 374 | 443 | 351 | 398 | 232 | 201 | 112 | 65 | 34 | 11 | 15 |
| Not Elsewhere Included | 4,751 | 317 | 799 | 868 | 784 | 556 | 486 | 338 | 266 | 151 | 103 | 49 | 23 | 11 |
| Not stated | 1,700 | 380 | 538 | 272 | 194 | 105 | 64 | 54 | 29 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 16 |