Flow Data Information System

1991 Census: Special Workplace Statistics (Set A)

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 A are the aggregate journey-to-work flows from each residential ward (in England and Wales) or postcode sector (in Scotland) to all workplaces.

Set A contains 9 tables with a total of 574 counts, including sub-totals. These tables are on the same themes as those in Set C, with the addition of a table about type of workplace.

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.

Usage advice

Unlike most of the data sets accessible through WICID, 1991 SWS Set A are not true interaction data, and cannot be freely aggregated. Consequently, they are only available at ward level.

In order to extract data, users should select some origins of interest from the 1991 ward geography, and then one destination ward from the same geography. The destination ward functions as a dummy, and is required for WICID to be able to work with this data.

Matrix output cannot be generated from SWS Set A; rather users should select pair-list or table framework output.

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 A) [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 Wards 1991[i]GB Wards 1991
Supported via aggregation

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
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 2: Hours worked and family position
Total employees and self-employed Hours worked
15 and under 16-30 31 and over Not stated
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
Total employees and self-employed 1 31 2 32 3 33 4 34 5 35
 
Family head / partner in couple family 6 36 7 37 8 38 9 39 10 40
Lone parent 11 41 12 42 13 43 14 44 15 45
Non-dependent child 16 46 17 47 18 48 19 49 20 50
Not in family 21 51 22 52 23 53 24 54 25 55
Not in household 26 56 27 57 28 58 29 59 30 60

Table 3: Type of workplace
Male Female
Total employees and self-employed 1 10
 
Workplace postcoded - working in zone 2 11
Workplace postcoded - working outside zone 3 12
Workplace at home 4 13
No fixed workplace 5 14
Workplace not stated - armed forces 6 15
Workplace not stated - other 7 16
Workplace outside GB - offshore installations 8 17
Workplace outside GB - other 9 18

Table 4: Distance to work
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
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
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 group)
Male Female
Total employees and self-employed 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
Male Female
Total employees and self-employed 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
 
Professional workers
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
 
Other socio-economic groups
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: Industrial classes and divisions
Male Female
Employees 1 147
 
0 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing 2 148
 
01 Agriculture and horticulture 3 149
02 Forestry 4 150
03 Fishing 5 151
 
1 Energy and Water Supply Industries 6 152
 
11 Coal extraction and manufacture of solid fuels 7 153
12 Coke ovens 8 154
13 Extraction of mineral oil and natural gas 9 155
14 Mineral oil processing 10 156
15 Nuclear fuel production 11 157
16 Production and distribution of electricity, gas and other forms of energy 12 158
17 Water supply industry 13 159
 
2 Extraction of Minerals and Ores other than Fuels; Manufacture of Metals, Mineral Products and Chemicals 14 160
 
21 Extraction and preparation of metalliferous ores 15 161
22 Metal manufacturing 16 162
23 Extraction of minerals, not elsewhere specified 17 163
24 Manufacture of non-metallic mineral products 18 164
25 Chemical industry 19 165
26 Production of man-made fibres 20 166
 
3 Metal Goods, Engineering and Vehicles Industries 21 167
 
31 Manufacture of metal goods, not elsewhere specified 22 168
32 Mechanical engineering 23 169
33 Manufacture of office machinery and data processing equipment 24 170
34 Electrical and electronic engineering 25 171
35 Manufacture of motor vehicles and parts thereof 26 172
36 Manufacture of other transport equipment 27 173
37 Instrument engineering 28 174
 
4 Other Manufacturing Industries 29 175
 
41 Food, drink and tobacco manufacturing industries 30 176
43 Textile industry 31 177
44 Manufacture of leather and leather goods 32 178
45 Footwear and clothing industries 33 179
46 Timber and wooden furniture industries 34 180
47 Manufacture of paper and paper products; printing and publishing 35 181
48 Processing of rubber and plastics 36 182
49 Other manufacturing industries 37 183
 
5 Construction 38 184
 
50 Construction 39 185
 
6 Distribution, Hotels and Catering; Repairs 40 186
 
61 Wholesale distribution (except dealing in scrap and waste materials 41 187
62 Dealing in scrap and waste materials 42 188
63 Commission agents 43 189
64 Retail distribution 44 190
66 Hotels and catering 45 191
67 Repair of consumer goods and vehicles 46 192
 
7 Transport and Communication 47 193
 
71 Railways 48 194
72 Other inland transport 49 195
74 Sea transport 50 196
75 Air transport 51 197
76 Supporting services to transport 52 198
77 Miscellaneous transport services and storage, not elsewhere specified 53 199
79 Postal services and telecommunications 54 200
 
8 Banking, Finance, Insurance, Business Services and Leasing 55 201
 
81 Banking and finance 56 202
82 Insurance, except for compulsory Social Security 57 203
83 Business services 58 204
84 Renting of movables 59 205
85 Owning and dealing in real estate 60 206
 
9 Other Services 61 207
 
91 Public administration, national defence, and compulsory Social Services 62 208
92 Sanitary services 63 209
93 Education 64 210
94 Research and development 65 211
95 Medical and other health services: Veterinary services 66 212
96 Other services provided to the general public 67 213
97 Recreational services and other cultural services 68 214
98 Personal services 69 215
99 Domestic services 70 216
00 Diplomatic representation, international organisations, allied armed forces 71 217
 
Industry not stated or not adequately described 72 218
 
Workplace outside GB 73 219
 
Self-employed 74 220
 
0 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing 75 221
 
01 Agriculture and horticulture 76 222
02 Forestry 77 223
03 Fishing 78 224
 
1 Energy and Water Supply Industries 79 225
 
11 Coal extraction and manufacture of solid fuels 80 226
12 Coke ovens 81 227
13 Extraction of mineral oil and natural gas 82 228
14 Mineral oil processing 83 229
15 Nuclear fuel production 84 230
16 Production and distribution of electricity, gas and other forms of energy 85 231
17 Water supply industry 86 232
 
2 Extraction of Minerals and Ores other than Fuels; Manufacture of Metals, Mineral Products and Chemicals 87 233
 
21 Extraction and preparation of metalliferous ores 88 234
22 Metal manufacturing 89 235
23 Extraction of minerals, not elsewhere specified 90 236
24 Manufacture of non-metallic mineral products 91 237
25 Chemical industry 92 238
26 Production of man-made fibres 93 239
 
3 Metal Goods, Engineering and Vehicles Industries 94 240
 
31 Manufacture of metal goods, not elsewhere specified 95 241
32 Mechanical engineering 96 242
33 Manufacture of office machinery and data processing equipment 97 243
34 Electrical and electronic engineering 98 244
35 Manufacture of motor vehicles and parts thereof 99 245
36 Manufacture of other transport equipment 100 246
37 Instrument engineering 101 247
 
4 Other Manufacturing Industries 102 248
 
41 Food, drink and tobacco manufacturing industries 103 249
43 Textile industry 104 250
44 Manufacture of leather and leather goods 105 251
45 Footwear and clothing industries 106 252
46 Timber and wooden furniture industries 107 253
47 Manufacture of paper and paper products; printing and publishing 108 254
48 Processing of rubber and plastics 109 255
49 Other manufacturing industries 110 256
 
5 Construction 111 257
 
50 Construction 112 258
 
6 Distribution, Hotels and Catering; Repairs 113 259
 
61 Wholesale distribution (except dealing in scrap and waste materials 114 260
62 Dealing in scrap and waste materials 115 261
63 Commission agents 116 262
64 Retail distribution 117 263
66 Hotels and catering 118 264
67 Repair of consumer goods and vehicles 119 265
 
7 Transport and Communication 120 266
 
71 Railways 121 267
72 Other inland transport 122 268
74 Sea transport 123 269
75 Air transport 124 270
76 Supporting services to transport 125 271
77 Miscellaneous transport services and storage, not elsewhere specified 126 272
79 Postal services and telecommunications 127 273
 
8 Banking, Finance, Insurance, Business Services and Leasing 128 274
 
81 Banking and finance 129 275
82 Insurance, except for compulsory Social Security 130 276
83 Business services 131 277
84 Renting of movables 132 278
85 Owning and dealing in real estate 133 279
 
9 Other Services 134 280
 
91 Public administration, national defence, and compulsory Social Services 135 281
92 Sanitary services 136 282
93 Education 137 283
94 Research and development 138 284
95 Medical and other health services: Veterinary services 139 285
96 Other services provided to the general public 140 286
97 Recreational services and other cultural services 141 287
98 Personal services 142 288
99 Domestic services 143 289
00 Diplomatic representation, international organisations, allied armed forces 144 290
 
Industry not stated or not adequately described 145 291
 
Workplace outside GB 146 292