South Lanarkshire 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 4,238 Show data context 22,390 Show data context 22,514 Show data context
1881 14,485 Show data context 59,806 Show data context 36,353 Show data context
1931 10,076 Show data context 46,994 Show data context 29,131 Show data context
1971 5,897 Show data context 4,452 Show data context 3,453 Show data context 1,442 Show data context
1981 6,958 Show data context 4,615 Show data context 3,643 Show data context 1,281 Show data context
1991 7,215 Show data context 2,899 Show data context 3,163 Show data context 305 Show data context
2001 54,102 Show data context 34,366 Show data context 66,882 Show data context 22,285 Show data context
2011 117,566 Show data context 51,757 Show data context 87,218 Show data context 27,328 Show data context
2021 91,686 Show data context 56,801 Show data context 87,447 Show data context 35,943 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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This simple four-way classification of ethnicity can be presented for four recent censuses.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, South Lanarkshire 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: 03rd June 2026