Flow Data Information System

2001 Census: Special Migration Statistics (Level 2) (Scotland: postal sectors)

This is an additional version of 2001 SMS Level 2, containing migration flows within and between postcode areas in Scotland only.

All the 2001 SMS data have been derived from the 100% sample and include imputed households. Where migrant origins were unknown, these were also imputed.

Disclosure control

The SMS data were not subject to SCAM adjustment in Scotland

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, 2001 Census: Special Migration Statistics (Level 2) (Scotland: postal sectors) [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]2001 SMS other origin categories
[i]Scottish postal sectors (2001 SMS and STS)
[i]Scottish postal sectors (2001 SMS and STS)
Supported via aggregation

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

Table frameworks


Table 1: Age by sex
Total Male Female
Total 1 2 3
 
0 4 5 6
1-2 7 8 9
3-4 10 11 12
5-9 13 14 15
10-11 16 17 18
12-14 19 20 21
15 22 23 24
16-17 25 26 27
18-19 28 29 30
20-24 31 32 33
25-34 34 35 36
35-44 37 38 39
45-59 40 41 42
60-64 43 44 45
65-74 46 47 48
75+ 49 50 51

Table 2: Moving groups
Wholly moving households Other moving groups
Groups 1 2
 
Migrants 3 4

Table 3: Ethnic group by sex
Total Male Female
Total 1 2 3
 
White 4 5 6
All other ethnic groups 7 8 9

Table 4: Moving groups by NS-SEC of group reference person
Wholly moving households Other moving groups
Total 1 2
 
Large employers and higher managerial occupations 3 4
Higher professional occupations 5 6
Lower managerial and professional occupations 7 8
Intermediate occupations 9 10
Small employers and own account workers 11 12
Lower supervisory and technical occupations 13 14
Semi-routine occupations 15 16
Routine occupations 17 18
Never worked and long-term unemployed 19 20
Full-time student 21 22
Not classifiable for other reasons 23 24

Table 5: Moving groups by tenure
Wholly moving households Other moving groups
Total 1 2
 
Owner occupied 3 4
Social rented 5 6
Private rented 7 8