Kirkcaldy Central Ward : NS Socio-economic Classification (15-way)

NS Socio-economic Classification (15-way)

Data cube chart.

NS Socio-economic Classfication (15 way) 2001 2011 2021
Employers in large establishments 9 Show data context 137 Show data context 8 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 159 Show data context 563 Show data context 293 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 378 Show data context 1,990 Show data context 768 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 1,118 Show data context 1,324 Show data context 1,756 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 431 Show data context 382 Show data context 363 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 246 Show data context 284 Show data context 328 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 950 Show data context 1,242 Show data context 1,389 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 219 Show data context 211 Show data context 215 Show data context
Own account workers 252 Show data context 457 Show data context 710 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 526 Show data context 513 Show data context 495 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 312 Show data context 419 Show data context 509 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 1,508 Show data context 1,959 Show data context 1,683 Show data context
Routine occupations 1,227 Show data context 1,672 Show data context 2,126 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 577 Show data context 783 Show data context 1,098 Show data context
Full-time students 614 Show data context 789 Show data context 756 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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Age at termination of full-time education, as tabulated by the 1961 Census of Population. The data cover persons aged over 25, within a ten per cent sample of households.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Kirkcaldy Central 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: 05th June 2026