Livingston Built-up Area : 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 81 Show data context 831 Show data context 21 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 1,340 Show data context 3,090 Show data context 1,521 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 1,788 Show data context 9,258 Show data context 4,447 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 4,645 Show data context 5,636 Show data context 7,380 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 2,648 Show data context 2,226 Show data context 1,837 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 1,503 Show data context 1,396 Show data context 1,538 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 5,753 Show data context 7,711 Show data context 7,189 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 658 Show data context 628 Show data context 670 Show data context
Own account workers 1,102 Show data context 2,052 Show data context 2,694 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 2,442 Show data context 2,328 Show data context 1,827 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 1,401 Show data context 1,817 Show data context 1,997 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 6,513 Show data context 8,101 Show data context 5,995 Show data context
Routine occupations 5,549 Show data context 7,187 Show data context 8,942 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 1,283 Show data context 2,180 Show data context 3,369 Show data context
Full-time students 2,065 Show data context 3,285 Show data context 3,413 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, Livingston Built-up Area 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