Flow Data Information System

1981 Census: Special Workplace Statistics (Set C) (re-estimated for 1991 boundaries)

The 1981 SWS derive from questions in the 1981 Census about place of usual residence and place of work. There are three sets of tables (SWS Sets A, B and C). Set A and Set B provide data on the employed and self-employed population by residential and workplace respectively. SWS Set C is the data set that involves interaction flow data..

SWS Set C are the journey-to-work flows within and between wards. For each origin-destination pair, 172 counts were produced in 5 separate tables, providing data on mode of transport to work, social class, socio-economic group, occupation, industrial division and age structure of males and females aged 16 and over in employment.

In an attempt to create a consistent comparison between 1981 and 1991, a recent Census Development Project has involved the re-estimation of 1981 SWS Set C data for wards whose boundaries were used in the 1991 Census. The estimation methodology is available in a paper published in Computers, Environment and Urban Systems (Feng and Boyle, 2001).

Users can choose between 172 counts in 5 tables in the re-estimated SWS Set C data for which the geographical areas are identical to those used in 1991.

The SWS data are taken from a 10% sample and consequently have not been adjusted by OPCS for confidentiality. Users should also be aware that the commuting data on intra-ward flows includes those people who work at home as well as those who commute to work within the same ward.

Pro-rate distribution of workers with 'workplace unstated'

Workes who did not give a full workplace were coded as having 'workplace unstated'; in this version of the data those workers have been allocated workplaces in the same proportion as all other flows from each given residence.

References

Ballard, B. and Norris, P. (1983) User needs - an overview, Chapter 3 in Rhind, D. (ed) A Census User's Handbook, Methuen, London: 89-113.

Cole, K. and Squires, S. (1987) The Special Migration Statistics from the 1981 Census: the data and their implications, Paper presented at the LAMSAC Workshop, County Hall, London.

Feng, Z. and Boyle, P. (2001) Integrating the 1981 and 1991 census interaction data, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, forthcoming.

Citation information

The following statements should be attached to all output produced using this data set

Data from this set should be cited in a bibliography as:

Office for National Statistics, 1981 Census: Special Workplace Statistics (Set C) (re-estimated for 1991 boundaries) [computer file], UK Data Service

Further information

The following pre-defined totals are available from this data set:

There are 5 tables defined for this data set:

The data are available for the following geographies:

Geographies of origin areasGeographies of destination areas
Supported directly
[i]GB Districts 1991
[i]GB Standard Regions 1991
[i]GB Counties 1991
[i]GB Wards 1991
[i]GB Districts 1991
[i]GB Standard Regions 1991
[i]GB Counties 1991
[i]1981 SWSC Other workplace categories
[i]GB Wards 1991
Supported via aggregation
[i]GB Countries 1991
[i]GB Parliamentary Constituencies 1997
[i]GB 1997 General Election - Results
[i]GB 1997 General Election - Swing
[i]GB Standard Region Urban / Rural components
[i]DETR 99 zone system
[i]Great Britain
[i]CIDS 1991/2001 common geography - 'districts'
[i]CIDS 1991/2001 common geography - 'intermediate'
[i]CIDS 1991/2001 common geography - '100 zones'
[i]CIDS 1991/2001 common geography - 'city regions'
[i]GB Countries 1991
[i]GB Parliamentary Constituencies 1997
[i]GB 1997 General Election - Results
[i]GB 1997 General Election - Swing
[i]GB Standard Region Urban / Rural components
[i]DETR 99 zone system
[i]Great Britain
[i]CIDS 1991/2001 common geography - 'districts'
[i]CIDS 1991/2001 common geography - 'intermediate'
[i]CIDS 1991/2001 common geography - '100 zones'
[i]CIDS 1991/2001 common geography - 'city regions'

Output for geographies that are only supported via aggregation will take longer than for those supported directly

Table frameworks


Table 1: Mode of transport by sex
Male Female
Total 1 2
 
British Rail train 3 4
Underground, Tube, Metro etc. 5 6
Bus 7 8
Motor cycle 9 10
Car Pool, sharing driving 11 12
Car Driver 13 14
Car Passenger 15 16
Pedal cycle 17 18
On foot 19 20
Works at home 21 22
Other 23 24
Not stated 25 26

Table 2: Social Class and Socio-Economic Group by Sex
Male Female
All social classes 1 2
 
I Professional etc. occupations 3 4
II Managerial and technical 5 6
III(N) Skilled occupations - non-manual 7 8
III(M) Skilled occupations - manual 9 10
IV Partly Skilled occupations 11 12
V Unskilled occuptations 13 14
Armed Forces and inadequately described 15 16
 
1 17 18
1.1 19 20
1.2 21 22
2 23 24
2.1 25 26
2.2 27 28
3 29 30
4 31 32
5 33 34
5.1 35 36
5.2 37 38
6 39 40
7 41 42
8 43 44
9 45 46
10 47 48
11 49 50
12 51 52
13 53 54
14 55 56
15 57 58
16 59 60
17 61 62

Table 3: Occupation Orders by Sex
Male Female
All occupation orders 1 2
 
Professional and related supporting management, Senior National and Local Government Managers 3 4
Professional and related in education, welfare, and health 5 6
Literary,artistic, and sports 7 8
Professional and related in science, engineering, technology, and similar fields 9 10
Managerial 11 12
Clerical and related 13 14
Selling 15 16
Security and protective service 17 18
Catering,cleaning,hair-dressing, and other personal service 19 20
Farming, fishing and related 21 22
Materials processing: making and repairing (excluding metal and electrical) 23 24
Processing, making, repairing and related (metal and electrical) 25 26
Painting, repetitive assembling, product inspecting, packaging and related 27 28
Construction,mining and related, not identified elsewhere 29 30
Transport operating, materials moving and storing, and related 31 32
Miscellaneous 33 34
Inadequately described and not stated 35 36

Table 4: Industry Division by Sex
Male Female
All divisions 1 2
 
0 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing 3 4
1 Energy and Water Supply Industries 5 6
2 Extraction of Minerals and Ores other then Fuels 7 8
3 Metal Goods, Engineering and Vehicle Industries 9 10
4 Other Manufacturing Industries 11 12
5 Construction 13 14
6 Distribution, Hotels and Catering: repairs 15 16
7 Transport and Communication 17 18
8 Banking, Finance, Insurance, Business Services and Leasing 19 20
9 Other Services 21 22

Table 5: Age by Sex
Male Female
All ages 16 and over 1 2
 
16 3 4
17 5 6
18 7 8
19 9 10
20-24 11 12
25-34 13 14
35-44 15 16
45-54 17 18
55-59 19 20
60-64 21 22
65+ 23 24