Motherwell North 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 26 Show data context 180 Show data context 6 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 186 Show data context 575 Show data context 312 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 269 Show data context 2,491 Show data context 776 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 1,089 Show data context 1,642 Show data context 1,932 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 462 Show data context 477 Show data context 472 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 259 Show data context 372 Show data context 426 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 1,074 Show data context 1,999 Show data context 1,876 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 206 Show data context 224 Show data context 208 Show data context
Own account workers 257 Show data context 546 Show data context 817 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 545 Show data context 581 Show data context 484 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 407 Show data context 657 Show data context 691 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 1,626 Show data context 2,387 Show data context 1,711 Show data context
Routine occupations 1,510 Show data context 2,223 Show data context 2,512 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 697 Show data context 850 Show data context 1,221 Show data context
Full-time students 731 Show data context 951 Show data context 1,131 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 1831 census provided information at parish-level on the number of males aged over 20 in each of nine occupational categories (plus numbers of male servants under 20, and female servants). These are the most detailed Census parish-level occupational data ever published. Information on the precise occupations of workers in retail trade and handicrafts was also published at county-level.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Motherwell North 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: 04th June 2026