Scotland's Census 2022 - MV609 - National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SeC) by household tenure - People

This dataset provides Census 2022 estimates for National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SeC) by household tenure in Scotland.

National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SeC)

The National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SeC) provides an indication of socio-economic position based on occupation.

To assign a person aged 16 and over to an NS-SeC category their occupation title is combined with information about their employment status, whether they are employed or self-employed and whether or not they supervise other employees. Full-time students are recorded in the ‘full-time students' category regardless of whether they are economically active or not.

Find out more about the National Statistics Socio-economic classification on the ONS website.

Details of classification can be found here

The quality assurance report can be found here

Tenure of household

A classification of whether a household rents or owns the accommodation that it occupies. For rented households, this variable also includes information about the type of landlord who owns or manages the accommodation.

This variable is derived from two questions on the household form on household tenure and landlord.

Household question 12: Does your household own or rent this accommodation?

• Owns with a mortgage or loan
• Owns outright
• Owns with shared equity (for example, LIFT, Help-to-Buy)
• Rents (with or without housing benefit)
• Part owns and part rents (shared ownership)
• Lives rent free

Household question 13: Who is your landlord? (Only asked of households who are renting)

• Council (Local Authority) or Housing Association / Registered Social Landlord
• Private landlord or letting agency
• Other

Details of classification can be found here

The quality assurance report can be found here