Scotland Country (Dep) : NS Socio-economic Classification (4-way)

NS Socio-economic Classification (4-way)

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Year Higher managerial, administrative & professional occupations Intermediate occupations Routine & manual occupations Never worked & long-term unemployed
1841 123,383 Show data context 489,396 Show data context 386,442 Show data context
1881 258,392 Show data context 741,688 Show data context 574,034 Show data context
1931 602,305 Show data context 2,380,591 Show data context 1,460,098 Show data context
1971 99,471 Show data context 78,622 Show data context 65,666 Show data context 30,795 Show data context
1981 111,127 Show data context 75,829 Show data context 64,393 Show data context 26,963 Show data context
1991 114,334 Show data context 49,292 Show data context 52,761 Show data context 7,472 Show data context
2001 902,242 Show data context 564,828 Show data context 1,131,163 Show data context 422,544 Show data context
2011 1,949,318 Show data context 807,648 Show data context 1,457,370 Show data context 558,739 Show data context
2021 1,507,602 Show data context 899,434 Show data context 1,446,292 Show data context 697,039 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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Date accessed: 03rd June 2026