Midlothian Council : NS Socio-economic Classification (4-way)

NS Socio-economic Classification (4-way)

Data cube chart.

Year Higher managerial, administrative & professional occupations Intermediate occupations Routine & manual occupations Never worked & long-term unemployed
1841 913 Show data context 4,609 Show data context 3,306 Show data context
1881 2,630 Show data context 10,709 Show data context 6,274 Show data context
1931 2,529 Show data context 14,010 Show data context 7,971 Show data context
1971 1,531 Show data context 1,438 Show data context 732 Show data context 323 Show data context
1981 1,925 Show data context 1,382 Show data context 998 Show data context 300 Show data context
1991 2,011 Show data context 860 Show data context 855 Show data context 86 Show data context
2001 13,899 Show data context 10,568 Show data context 19,821 Show data context 4,255 Show data context
2011 28,700 Show data context 14,425 Show data context 24,088 Show data context 6,248 Show data context
2021 26,768 Show data context 17,563 Show data context 25,678 Show data context 8,246 Show data context
Date Source
1841 [ERROR: authority is ''SRC'' but auth_note value of does not appear in SRC_TAB]
1881 1881 Census of Scotland, Ages, Table [32] , 'Occupations of Males and Females at different Ages in each of the Counties of Scotland'
1931 1931 Census of Scotland, Occupations, Table 16 , 'Industries of Males and Females in Cities, Counties, and Large Burghs'
1971 UK Data Service, Census 1971 data (Table SAS23: "SEG and economic position (10% Sample): Economically Active residents")
1981 UK Data Service, Census 1981 data (SAS50: "Socio-Economic group and economic positions (10% Sample): Economically active residents")
1991 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table S92 "SEG and economic position (10% sample): Economically active residents)
2001 National Records of Scotland, Scotland's Census (Table UV31, NS-SeC (51 way))
2011 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table QS607UK - NS-SeC)
2021 National Records of Scotland, Scotland's Census (Table UV607, NS-SeC, for "all people aged 16 and over")

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nCube definition


Occupations of both sexes classified into Socio-Economic Groups. This structure was used by the censuses between 1961 and 1991.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Midlothian Council through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | NS Socio-economic Classification (4-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 08th April 2026