Thurso and Northwest Caithness 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 18 Show data context 136 Show data context 4 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 223 Show data context 732 Show data context 293 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 460 Show data context 2,011 Show data context 850 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 971 Show data context 1,354 Show data context 1,580 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 356 Show data context 374 Show data context 307 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 243 Show data context 283 Show data context 326 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 804 Show data context 1,099 Show data context 1,152 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 319 Show data context 286 Show data context 309 Show data context
Own account workers 394 Show data context 659 Show data context 702 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 546 Show data context 548 Show data context 443 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 378 Show data context 557 Show data context 536 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 1,186 Show data context 1,669 Show data context 1,412 Show data context
Routine occupations 904 Show data context 1,229 Show data context 1,451 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 339 Show data context 387 Show data context 630 Show data context
Full-time students 381 Show data context 478 Show data context 402 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, Thurso and Northwest Caithness 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