Scotland's Census 2022 - UV606 - Occupation

This dataset provides Census 2022 estimates for occupation of people aged 16 and over in employment the week before the census in Scotland.

Occupation

A person's occupation, or occupation in their last main job.

A person's occupation relates to their main job and is derived from either their job title or details of the activities involved in their job. This is used to assign responses to an occupation code based on the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 2022.

Details of classification can be found here

The quality assurance report can be found here

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field	Value
Last Updated	September 16, 2024, 15:39 (BST)
Created	September 16, 2024, 15:39 (BST)
Visibility	Public
Year	2022
Topics	Labour market
Units	Persons
Geographic Layer	Census Data Zones Census Intermediate Zones Census Wards Council Areas Countries Local Authorities Local Health Boards Output Areas Unitary Authorities Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies
Frequency	Decennial
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.5257/census/aggregate-2021-1
Citation	Office for National Statistics; National Records of Scotland; Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency; UK Data Service. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5257/census/aggregate-2021-1
Geographical Coverage Location	Scotland
Granularity	Country level down to output areas
Geographic Spatial data	{"geo_type": "multipolygon", "lat": "57.7424", "lon": "-4.69059", "left": "-8.61537", "top": "60.8457", "right": "-0.765806", "bottom": "54.639", "srid": null, "accuracy": null, "source": null}