Irvine West 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 14 Show data context 98 Show data context 5 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 149 Show data context 338 Show data context 205 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 217 Show data context 1,733 Show data context 536 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 771 Show data context 1,112 Show data context 1,432 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 337 Show data context 344 Show data context 368 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 191 Show data context 277 Show data context 317 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 890 Show data context 1,405 Show data context 1,648 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 228 Show data context 199 Show data context 177 Show data context
Own account workers 271 Show data context 450 Show data context 684 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 585 Show data context 595 Show data context 512 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 468 Show data context 573 Show data context 555 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 1,762 Show data context 2,251 Show data context 1,961 Show data context
Routine occupations 1,609 Show data context 2,045 Show data context 2,339 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 773 Show data context 945 Show data context 1,325 Show data context
Full-time students 667 Show data context 820 Show data context 781 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, Irvine West 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: 07th June 2026