Mearns Ward : NS Socio-economic Classification (15-way)

NS Socio-economic Classification (15-way)

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NS Socio-economic Classfication (15 way) 2001 2011 2021
Employers in large establishments 30 Show data context 282 Show data context 14 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 242 Show data context 897 Show data context 461 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 441 Show data context 2,497 Show data context 1,285 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 996 Show data context 1,693 Show data context 2,100 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 477 Show data context 469 Show data context 461 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 252 Show data context 335 Show data context 395 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 713 Show data context 1,276 Show data context 1,265 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 366 Show data context 396 Show data context 430 Show data context
Own account workers 530 Show data context 823 Show data context 1,115 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 493 Show data context 564 Show data context 539 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 291 Show data context 468 Show data context 532 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 1,217 Show data context 1,573 Show data context 1,321 Show data context
Routine occupations 888 Show data context 1,162 Show data context 1,510 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 255 Show data context 216 Show data context 574 Show data context
Full-time students 501 Show data context 607 Show data context 685 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")

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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, Mearns Ward through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | NS Socio-economic Classification (15-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 06th June 2026