West Dunbartonshire 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 407 Show data context 2,406 Show data context 1,723 Show data context
1881 1,236 Show data context 7,145 Show data context 3,459 Show data context
1931 3,341 Show data context 21,177 Show data context 13,670 Show data context
1971 1,879 Show data context 1,821 Show data context 1,488 Show data context 442 Show data context
1981 2,014 Show data context 1,901 Show data context 1,365 Show data context 430 Show data context
1991 1,877 Show data context 1,118 Show data context 992 Show data context 107 Show data context
2001 13,352 Show data context 10,228 Show data context 22,890 Show data context 7,558 Show data context
2011 27,660 Show data context 14,210 Show data context 28,864 Show data context 9,285 Show data context
2021 20,254 Show data context 15,188 Show data context 27,425 Show data context 10,596 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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Class of House. The early Irish censuses included this simple quality grading of inhabited houses, Class I being the best and class IV being one-room mud huts.


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

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Date accessed: 02nd June 2026