Falkirk Council : NS Socio-economic Classification (15-way)

NS Socio-economic Classification (15-way)

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NS Socio-economic Classfication (15 way) 2001 2011 2021
Employers in large establishments 238 Show data context 1,826 Show data context 48 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 2,138 Show data context 6,170 Show data context 3,588 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 3,347 Show data context 23,386 Show data context 9,878 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 11,001 Show data context 15,077 Show data context 18,867 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 4,904 Show data context 4,894 Show data context 4,445 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 2,626 Show data context 3,415 Show data context 4,096 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 10,817 Show data context 16,454 Show data context 17,579 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 2,089 Show data context 2,195 Show data context 1,959 Show data context
Own account workers 3,117 Show data context 5,470 Show data context 7,175 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 5,331 Show data context 5,565 Show data context 4,488 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 4,115 Show data context 5,848 Show data context 6,788 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 14,030 Show data context 19,216 Show data context 15,730 Show data context
Routine occupations 13,208 Show data context 17,890 Show data context 20,880 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 4,011 Show data context 5,655 Show data context 8,890 Show data context
Full-time students 5,046 Show data context 6,693 Show data context 7,323 Show data context
Date Source
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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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, Falkirk Council through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | NS Socio-economic Classification (15-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 05th June 2026