Argyll and Bute 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 5,683 Show data context 14,717 Show data context 14,008 Show data context
1881 6,942 Show data context 17,660 Show data context 14,758 Show data context
1931 8,988 Show data context 20,854 Show data context 12,902 Show data context
1971 1,750 Show data context 1,108 Show data context 877 Show data context 1,004 Show data context
1981 1,981 Show data context 1,009 Show data context 884 Show data context 799 Show data context
1991 1,997 Show data context 748 Show data context 920 Show data context 451 Show data context
2001 16,540 Show data context 13,459 Show data context 18,576 Show data context 5,080 Show data context
2011 34,714 Show data context 16,659 Show data context 22,916 Show data context 5,661 Show data context
2021 25,274 Show data context 17,992 Show data context 23,625 Show data context 6,675 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


Housing density, simplified to under 1 person per room, 1 to 1.5, and over 1.5. Data for these categories can be computed for districts in England and Wales for all censuses from 1931 onwards, but for Scotland they can only be computed for 1971 on.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Argyll and Bute 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: 04th June 2026