Kirkcaldy 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 19 Show data context 166 Show data context 3 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 192 Show data context 516 Show data context 342 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 249 Show data context 2,398 Show data context 756 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 1,001 Show data context 1,513 Show data context 2,002 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 468 Show data context 515 Show data context 451 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 283 Show data context 370 Show data context 422 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 1,164 Show data context 1,718 Show data context 1,775 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 185 Show data context 182 Show data context 223 Show data context
Own account workers 251 Show data context 542 Show data context 671 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 633 Show data context 609 Show data context 496 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 371 Show data context 489 Show data context 594 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 1,624 Show data context 2,131 Show data context 1,809 Show data context
Routine occupations 1,361 Show data context 1,658 Show data context 2,139 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 388 Show data context 536 Show data context 951 Show data context
Full-time students 617 Show data context 709 Show data context 691 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, Kirkcaldy 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: 07th June 2026