East Ayrshire 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 2,913 Show data context 13,558 Show data context 12,663 Show data context
1881 5,434 Show data context 21,198 Show data context 13,101 Show data context
1931 6,656 Show data context 27,959 Show data context 15,538 Show data context
1971 1,901 Show data context 2,396 Show data context 1,735 Show data context 603 Show data context
1981 2,157 Show data context 2,196 Show data context 1,794 Show data context 708 Show data context
1991 2,187 Show data context 1,384 Show data context 1,417 Show data context 192 Show data context
2001 16,598 Show data context 12,439 Show data context 30,803 Show data context 9,407 Show data context
2011 38,252 Show data context 18,598 Show data context 39,533 Show data context 11,940 Show data context
2021 28,154 Show data context 21,333 Show data context 36,303 Show data context 14,059 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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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.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, East Ayrshire 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