Flow Data Information System

1991 Census: Special Workplace Statistics (Set C)

The 1991 SWS derive from two questions in the 1991 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 that are accessible through WICID.

SWS Set C are the journey-to-work flows within and between wards (in England and Wales) and postcode sectors (in Scotland). wards (in England and Wales) and postcode sectors (in Scotland). The entire data set is extremely large because there are 9,930 wards and 1,003 postal sectors but the majority of the cells (interaction flows) in the entire origin-destination matrix are zeros.

Users can choose from 274 counts organised into 9 tables to extract commuting data on economic position and age of employees and self employed, hours worked, family position, distance commuted, mode of transport, cars available to household, occupation, social class and socio-economic group, and industry division.

All the data were obtained from a 10% sample and therefore problems of adjustment to preserve confidentiality are not encountered. Users will need to multiply raw data by 10 if wanting to determine actual commuting levels. Users should also be aware that the commuting data on intra-ward flows can be selected that distinguishes those people who work at home from those who commute to work within the same ward.

Reference

Flowerdew, R. and Green, A. (1993) Migration, transport and workplace statistics from the 1991 Census, in Dale A. and Marsh, C. (eds) The 1991 Census User's Guide, HMSO, London: 269-94.

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, 1991 Census: Special Workplace Statistics (Set C) [computer file], UK Data Service

Further information

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

There are 9 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]CIDS 1991/2001 common geography - 'intermediate'
[i]CIDS 1991/2001 common geography - 'city regions'
[i]1991SWSC Other residence categories
[i]GB Standard Regions 1991
[i]CIDS 1991/2001 common geography - 'districts'
[i]GB Counties 1991
[i]CIDS 1991/2001 common geography - '100 zones'
[i]GB Wards 1991		[i]GB Districts 1991
[i]CIDS 1991/2001 common geography - 'intermediate'
[i]CIDS 1991/2001 common geography - 'city regions'
[i]GB Standard Regions 1991
[i]CIDS 1991/2001 common geography - 'districts'
[i]GB Counties 1991
[i]1991SWSC Other workplace categories
[i]CIDS 1991/2001 common geography - '100 zones'
[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]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

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

Table frameworks


Table 1: Economic position and age: Employees and self-employed
Total employees and self-employed Economic position
Employees Self-employed
Male Female Male Female Male Female
Total employees and self-employed 1 28 2 29 3 30
 
16-19 4 31 5 32 6 33
20-29 7 34 8 35 9 36
30-39 10 37 11 38 12 39
40-49 13 40 14 41 15 42
50-54 16 43 17 44 18 45
55-59 19 46 20 47 21 48
60-64 22 49 23 50 24 51
65+ 25 52 26 53 27 54

Table 21: Hours worked
Employees and self-employed
Male Female
Total employees and self-employed 1 6
 
15 and under 2 7
16-30 3 8
31 and over 4 9
Not stated 5 10

Table 22: Family position
Employees and self-employed
Male Female
Total employees and self-employed 1 7
 
Family head / partner in couple family 2 8
Lone parent 3 9
Non-dependent child 4 10
Not in family 5 11
Not in household 6 12

Table 4: Distance to work: Employees and self-employed with workplace coded
Male Female
Total employees and self-employed with a workplace coded 1 9
 
Less than 2 km 2 10
2 to 4 km 3 11
5 to 9 km 4 12
10 to 19 km 5 13
20 to 29 km 6 14
30 to 39 km 7 15
More than 40 km 8 16

Table 5: Transport to work: Employees and self-employed
Male Female
Total employees and self-employed 1 12
 
British Rail train 2 13
Underground 3 14
Bus 4 15
Car Driver 5 16
Car Passenger 6 17
Motor cycle 7 18
Pedal cycle 8 19
On foot 9 20
Not stated 10 21
Works at home 11 22

Table 6: Cars available in household: Employees and self-employed in households
Male Female
Total employees and self-employed in a household 1 6
 
0 cars 2 7
1 car 3 8
2 cars 4 9
3 or more cars 5 10

Table 7: Occupation (sub-major groups): Employees and self-employed
Male Female
Total employees and self-employed in a household 1 25
 
Managers and Administrators
1(a) Corporate Managers and Administrators 2 26
1(b) Managers / Proprietors in Agriculture Services 3 27
 
Professional Occupations
2(a) Science and Engineering Professionals 4 28
2(b) Health Professionals 5 29
2(c) Teaching Professionals 6 30
2(d) Other Professional Occupations 7 31
 
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations
3(a) Science and Engineering Associate Professionals 8 32
3(b) Health Associate Professionals 9 33
3(c) Other Associate Professional Occupations 10 34
 
Clerical and Secretarial Occupations
4(a) Clerical Occupations 11 35
4(b) Secretarial Occupations 12 36
 
Craft and Related Occupations
5(a) Skilled Construction Trades 13 37
5(b) Skilled Engineering Trades 14 38
5(c) Other Skilled Trades 15 39
 
Personal and Protective Services Occupations
6(a) Protective Service Occupations 16 40
6(b) Personal Service Occupations 17 41
 
Sales Occupations
7(a) Buyers, Brokers and Sales Representatives 18 42
7(b) Other Sales Occupations 19 43
 
Plant and Machine Operatives
8(a) Industrial Plant and Machine Operators, Assemblers 20 44
8(b) Drivers and Mobile Machine Operators 21 45
 
Other Occupations
9(a) Other Occupations in Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing 22 46
9(b) Other Elementary Occupations 23 47
 
Occupation not stated 24 48

Table 8: Social class and socio-economic group: Employees and self-employed
Male Female
Total employees and self-employed in a household 1 28
 
Social Class
I Professional etc. occupations 2 29
II Managerial and technical 3 30
III(N) Skilled occupations - non-manual 4 31
III(M) Skilled occupations - manual 5 32
IV Partly Skilled occupations 6 33
V Unskilled occuptations 7 34
 
Employers and managers in central and local government, industry, commerce, etc. - large establishments
1.1 Employers 8 35
1.2 Managers 9 36
 
Employers and managers in industry, commerce, etc. - small establishments
2.1 Employers 10 37
2.2 Managers 11 38
 
3 Professional workers - self-employed 12 39
4 Professional workers - employees 13 40
 
Intermediate non-manual workers
5.1 Ancillary workers and artists 14 41
5.2 Foremen and supervisors - non-manual 15 42
 
6 Junior non-manual workers 16 43
7 Personal service rorkers 17 44
8 Foremen and supervisors - manual 18 45
9 Skilled manual workers 19 46
10 Semi-skilled manual workers 20 47
11 Unskilled manual workers 21 48
12 Own account workers (other than professional) 22 49
13 Farmers - employers and managers 23 50
14 Farmers - own account 24 51
15 Agricultural workers 25 52
16 Members of armed forces 26 53
17 Inadequately described and not stated occupations 27 54

Table 9: Industry divisions: Employees and self-employed
Male Female
Employees 1 25
 
0 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing 2 26
1 Energy and Water Supply Industries 3 27
2 Extraction of Minerals and Ores other then Fuels 4 28
3 Metal Goods, Engineering and Vehicle Industries 5 29
4 Other Manufacturing Industries 6 30
5 Construction 7 31
6 Distribution, Hotels an Catering: repairs 8 32
7 Transport and Communication 9 33
8 Banking, Finance, Insurance, Business Services and Leasing 10 34
9 Other Services 11 35
10 Industry not stated or inadequately stated 12 36
 
Self-employed 13 37
 
0 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing 14 38
1 Energy and Water Supply Industries 15 39
2 Extraction of Minerals and Ores other then Fuels 16 40
3 Metal Goods, Engineering and Vehicle Industries 17 41
4 Other Manufacturing Industries 18 42
5 Construction 19 43
6 Distribution, Hotels an Catering: repairs 20 44
7 Transport and Communication 21 45
8 Banking, Finance, Insurance, Business Services and Leasing 22 46
9 Other Services 23 47
10 Industry not stated or inadequately stated 24 48