Aberdeen City Council (City) : NS Socio-economic Classification (15-way)

NS Socio-economic Classification (15-way)

Data cube chart.

NS Socio-economic Classfication (15 way) 2001 2011 2021
Employers in large establishments 433 Show data context 3,139 Show data context 148 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 3,806 Show data context 17,826 Show data context 5,112 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 11,523 Show data context 34,068 Show data context 19,473 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 17,779 Show data context 23,802 Show data context 27,948 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 7,042 Show data context 6,258 Show data context 5,318 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 4,292 Show data context 4,008 Show data context 5,047 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 15,202 Show data context 21,112 Show data context 20,859 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 2,374 Show data context 2,421 Show data context 2,471 Show data context
Own account workers 3,977 Show data context 6,061 Show data context 8,645 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 8,589 Show data context 8,331 Show data context 6,343 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 4,085 Show data context 6,429 Show data context 6,820 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 19,966 Show data context 23,663 Show data context 19,244 Show data context
Routine occupations 16,226 Show data context 20,467 Show data context 24,758 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 4,224 Show data context 5,340 Show data context 10,704 Show data context
Full-time students 18,663 Show data context 26,012 Show data context 26,002 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")

This website exists to help people doing personal research projects on particular areas within a locality. So long as you are using our data for only a small number of units, you are not making money out of what you are doing, and you are not systematically re-publishing our data, you do not need to request permission from us, but you do need to acknowledge us as your source with the wording:

"This work is based on data provided through www.VisionofBritain.org.uk and uses historical material which is copyright of the Great Britain Historical GIS Project and the University of Portsmouth".

Where the above statement is included in a web page or similar online resource, the reference to "www.VisionofBritain.org.uk" must be a working hyperlink.

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.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Aberdeen City Council (City) through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | NS Socio-economic Classification (15-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10192985/cube/NS_SEC_15WAY

Date accessed: 05th June 2026