Aberdeen City Council (City) : 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 2,939 Show data context 15,042 Show data context 8,600 Show data context
1881 8,137 Show data context 25,051 Show data context 12,955 Show data context
1931 10,525 Show data context 45,170 Show data context 24,719 Show data context
1971 4,339 Show data context 3,005 Show data context 2,845 Show data context 874 Show data context
1981 5,308 Show data context 3,367 Show data context 2,615 Show data context 712 Show data context
1991 5,856 Show data context 2,271 Show data context 2,145 Show data context 105 Show data context
2001 44,875 Show data context 21,553 Show data context 48,866 Show data context 22,887 Show data context
2011 89,101 Show data context 29,594 Show data context 58,890 Show data context 31,352 Show data context
2021 63,046 Show data context 31,975 Show data context 57,165 Show data context 36,706 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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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Aberdeen City Council (City) 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