Forfar and District 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 21 Show data context 184 Show data context 12 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 181 Show data context 466 Show data context 301 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 273 Show data context 2,183 Show data context 784 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 933 Show data context 1,381 Show data context 1,743 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 465 Show data context 413 Show data context 399 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 286 Show data context 389 Show data context 401 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 886 Show data context 1,338 Show data context 1,539 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 287 Show data context 341 Show data context 298 Show data context
Own account workers 427 Show data context 600 Show data context 852 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 597 Show data context 628 Show data context 576 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 328 Show data context 524 Show data context 607 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 1,596 Show data context 2,016 Show data context 1,757 Show data context
Routine occupations 1,577 Show data context 2,049 Show data context 2,391 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 344 Show data context 543 Show data context 963 Show data context
Full-time students 592 Show data context 726 Show data context 692 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, Forfar and District Ward through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | NS Socio-economic Classification (15-way), A Vision of Ireland through Time.

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Date accessed: 06th June 2026