Sighthill Gorgie 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 33 Show data context 202 Show data context 5 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 368 Show data context 1,939 Show data context 523 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 1,361 Show data context 4,166 Show data context 2,996 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 1,985 Show data context 2,690 Show data context 3,514 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 992 Show data context 846 Show data context 734 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 706 Show data context 630 Show data context 615 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 2,987 Show data context 3,337 Show data context 3,233 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 245 Show data context 235 Show data context 293 Show data context
Own account workers 501 Show data context 878 Show data context 1,257 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 1,123 Show data context 1,120 Show data context 960 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 464 Show data context 714 Show data context 803 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 2,873 Show data context 3,587 Show data context 2,728 Show data context
Routine occupations 2,248 Show data context 2,967 Show data context 3,528 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 908 Show data context 1,366 Show data context 1,769 Show data context
Full-time students 1,870 Show data context 3,453 Show data context 4,125 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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The National Statistics Socio-economic Classfication has been used by the census since 2001 "to measure the employment relations and conditions of occupations", replacing the earlier system of Socio-Economic Groups.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Sighthill Gorgie 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: 08th June 2026