Polish Residents in Scotland
A Statistical Sourcebook based on the Census of Scotland 1861-2001
Edited by
Jim Lipka
Section 3 - Occupational
Distribution of Poles in Scotland
Part 3: 1921-1931
Occupations of Alien Poles in
Scotland, 1921 & 1931
| Orders | Male | Female | ||||
| 1921 | 1931 | 1921 | 1931 | |||
| 1 | Fishing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Agricultural Occupations | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Mining & Quarrying Occupations | 85 | 36 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Treatment of Non-metal Mine & Quarry Products | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Makers of Brick, Pottery & Glass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Chemical Processes, Paint, Oil, etc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Metal Workers (not Electroplate or Precious) | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Workers in Precious Metal & Electroplate | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Electrical Apparatus Makers & Fitters, Electricians | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Makers of Watches, Clocks, Scientific Instruments | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Workers in Skin & Leather (not Boots or Shoes) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 12 | Textile Workers | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |
| 13 | Makers of Textile Goods, Articles of Dress | 127 | 98 | 21 | 12 | |
| 14 | Makers of Food, Drink, Tobacco | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| 15 | Workers in Wood & Furniture | 34 | 36 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | Paper Makers, Workers, Printers, Photographers * | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | Builders, Bricklayers, Stone & Slate Workers | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | Painters & Decorators (not Pottery) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | Workers in Other Materials | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 20 | Workers in Mixed or Undefined Materials | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | Employed in Gas, Water, Electricity Works | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | Employed in Transport & Communications | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 23 | Commerce, Finance, Insurance (not Clerks) | 151 | 100 | 25 | 22 | |
| 24 | Employees in Public Administration & Defence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | Professional Occupations | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |
| 26 | Employed in Entertainment & Sport | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | Personal Service, Hotels, Clubs, Institutions | 11 | 13 | 7 | 6 | |
| 28 | Clerks, Draftsmen, Typists | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 29 | Warehousemen, Storekeepers, Packers | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 30 | Stationary Engine Drivers & Attendants | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | Other & Undefined Workers | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | Unoccupied & Retired | 31 | 39 | 368 | 231 | |
1921 Census of Scotland: Vol. 3, Table 10
1931 Census of Scotland:
* Printers and Photographers are a separate order in the 1931 Census.
Occupations of Alien Poles in
Scotland, aged over 12, 1921
| Orders | Male | Female | ||
| 3 | Mining & Quarrying Occupations | 85 | 0 | |
| hewers & getters | 66 | |||
| persons conveying material to shaft | 2 | |||
| persons making &repairing roads | 7 | |||
| other workers below ground | 5 | |||
| other workers above ground | 5 | |||
| 5 | Makers of Brick, Pottery & Glass | 1 | 0 | |
| other skilled glassware workers | 1 | |||
| 7 | Metal Workers (not Electroplate or Precious) | 44 | 0 | |
| employers, managers, foremen, overlookers | 1 | |||
| skilled furnacemen (not foundry) | 4 | |||
| puddlers | 4 | |||
| foundry moulders (not blast furnace) | 1 | |||
| iron or steel foundry furnace & cupola men | 2 | |||
| boiler maker & platers' labourers | 1 | |||
| cutlers | 1 | |||
| mechanical engineers | 2 | |||
| riveters | 2 | |||
| riveters' labourers | 1 | |||
| tinsmiths, sheet metal workers | 1 | |||
| other skilled workers | 4 | |||
| other workers | 20 | |||
| 8 | Workers in Precious Metal & Electroplate | 10 | 0 | |
| employers & managers | 7 | |||
| goldsmiths & gem setters | 3 | |||
| 9 | Electrical Apparatus Makers & Fitters, Electricians | 1 | 0 | |
| electrical engineers | 1 | |||
| 10 | Makers of Watches, Clocks, Scientific Instruments | 2 | 0 | |
| employers & managers | 1 | |||
| watch, clock, chronometer makers & repairers | 1 | |||
| 11 | Workers in Skin & Leather (not Boots or Shoes) | 4 | 1 | |
| employers & managers | 1 | |||
| furriers, fur sewers, fur machinists | 1 | 1 | ||
| other skilled workers | 2 | |||
| 12 | Textile Workers | 1 | 7 | |
| breakers, rag graders, hecklers & willowers | 1 | |||
| card, comb & frame tenters, box minders | 2 | |||
| weavers | 1 | |||
| other skilled workers | 2 | |||
| other workers | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13 | Makers of Textile Goods, Articles of Dress | 127 | 21 | |
| employers & managers | 29 | 1 | ||
| skilled textile workers | 1 | |||
| tailors, tailors' pressers & machinists | 78 | 13 | ||
| dress & blouse makers | 2 | |||
| hat sewers, finishers, trimmers | 2 | 2 | ||
| boot & shoe makers & repairers | 15 | |||
| sewers, stitchers, sewing machinists | 2 | 2 | ||
| other workers | 1 | |||
| 14 | Makers of Food, Drink, Tobacco | 10 | 2 | |
| employers & managers (food) | 1 | |||
| bakers & pastry cooks | 2 | |||
| sugar and confectionary makers | 1 | |||
| other food workers | 1 | |||
| other drinks workers | 2 | |||
| other skilled tobacco workers | 2 | 1 | ||
| other tobacco workers | 1 | 1 | ||
| 15 | Workers in Wood & Furniture | 34 | 0 | |
| employers & managers | 7 | |||
| cabinet makers | 13 | |||
| wood carvers & guilders | 3 | |||
| turners & machinists | 3 | |||
| upholsterers & coach trimmers | 8 | |||
| 16 | Paper Makers, Workers, Printers | 3 | 0 | |
| employers & managers | 1 | |||
| printing machine setters & minders | 1 | |||
| cardboard box makers | 1 | |||
| 17 | Builders, Bricklayers, Stone & Slate Workers | 5 | 0 | |
| bricklayers | 1 | |||
| plasterers | 1 | |||
| glaziers | 1 | |||
| labourers, navvies | 2 | |||
| 19 | Workers in Other Materials | 2 | 2 | |
| other skilled workers in rubber, vulcanite, ebonite | 1 | 1 | ||
| employers & managers | 1 | |||
| other skilled workers | 1 | |||
| 20 | Workers in Mixed or Undefined Materials | 9 | 0 | |
| other shipbuilding workers | 7 | |||
| employers & managers | 1 | |||
| other skilled workers | 1 | |||
| 22 | Employed in Transport & Communications | 9 | 0 | |
| other railway workers | 1 | |||
| haulage & carterage contractors & managers | 1 | |||
| workers on lorries, wagons, vans | 1 | |||
| workers on omnibuses, motors | 2 | |||
| workers on trams | 1 | |||
| petty officers, seamen, deckhands | 1 | |||
| other dock labourers | 1 | |||
| messengers | 1 | |||
| 23 | Commerce, Finance, Insurance (not Clerks) | 151 | 25 | |
| proprietors, managers of wholesale & retail businesses | 99 | 10 | ||
| brokers, agents, factors | 4 | |||
| buyers | 2 | |||
| commercial travellers | 13 | 1 | ||
| canvassers | 1 | |||
| shop assistants | 3 | 12 | ||
| costermongers, hawkers | 27 | 2 | ||
| money lenders, pawnbrokers | 2 | |||
| 25 | Professional Occupations | 18 | 2 | |
| other clergy (not RC, protestant, episcopalian) | 1 | |||
| itinerant preachers, missionaries | 1 | |||
| church, chapel, cemetery officials | 3 | |||
| physicians, surgeons, registered medical practitioners | 2 | |||
| sick nurses | 1 | |||
| subordinate medical services | 1 | |||
| teachers | 5 | 1 | ||
| articled clerks, professional students | 5 | |||
| 26 | Employed in Entertainment & Sport | 5 | 0 | |
| managers of theatres, picture halls, etc | 3 | |||
| theatre,variety agents | 1 | |||
| showground proprietors & managers | 1 | |||
| 27 | Personal Service, Hotels, Clubs, Institutions | 11 | 7 | |
| indoor domestic servants | 2 | |||
| lodging, boarding house keepers | 1 | 1 | ||
| hair dressers, manicurists, chiropodists | 9 | |||
| charwomen, office cleaners | 1 | 4 | ||
| 28 | Clerks, Draftsmen, Typists | 1 | 3 | |
| other clerks | 1 | 3 | ||
| 29 | Warehousemen, Storekeepers, Packers | 3 | 1 | |
| warehousemen | 3 | |||
| other packers, wrappers, labellers | 1 | |||
| 30 | Stationary Engine Drivers & Attendants | 2 | 0 | |
| boliermen, firemen, stokers | 2 | |||
| 31 | Other & Undefined Workers | 28 | 0 | |
| general labourers | 1 | |||
| officials of foreign governments (not clerks) | 27 | |||
| 32 | Unoccupied & Retired | 31 | 368 | |
| retired | 14 | |||
| unoccupied | 17 | 368 | ||
1921 Census of Scotland: Vol. 3, Table 10
Occupations of Alien Poles in
Scotland, 1931
| Orders | Male | Female | ||
| 2 | Agricultural Occupations | 2 | 1 | |
| 3 | Mining & Quarrying Occupations | 36 | 0 | |
| coal miners | 36 | |||
| 7 | Metal Workers (not Electroplate or Precious) | 9 | 0 | |
| furnacemen, puddlers | 3 | |||
| foundry workers | 4 | |||
| 11 | Workers in Skin & Leather (not Boots or Shoes) | 2 | 0 | |
| 12 | Textile Workers | 2 | 1 | |
| 13 | Makers of Textile Goods, Articles of Dress | 98 | 12 | |
| employers & managers | 29 | 1 | ||
| tailors, tailors' pressers & machinists | 59 | 6 | ||
| boot & shoe makers, repairers | 8 | |||
| 14 | Makers of Food, Drink, Tobacco | 8 | 0 | |
| makers of food | 5 | |||
| 15 | Workers in Wood & Furniture | 36 | 0 | |
| cabinet makers | 15 | |||
| upholsterers | 12 | |||
| 16 | Paper & Cardboard Makers, Bookbinders | 2 | 0 | |
| 17 | Printers, Photographers | 1 | 0 | |
| photographers | 1 | |||
| 18 | Builders, Bricklayers, Stone & Slate Workers | 2 | 0 | |
| 19 | Painters & Decorators (not Pottery) | 1 | 0 | |
| 20 | Workers in Other Materials | 2 | 0 | |
| 21 | Workers in Mixed or Undefined Materials | 1 | 0 | |
| 22 | Employed in Transport & Communications | 2 | 0 | |
| water transport workers | 1 | |||
| 23 | Commerce, Finance, Insurance (not Clerks) | 100 | 22 | |
| proprietors & managers of wholesale & retail businesses | 52 | 11 | ||
| commercial travellers | 26 | 2 | ||
| salesmen & shop assistants | 2 | 8 | ||
| costermongers & hawkers | 7 | 1 | ||
| 25 | Professional Occupations | 6 | 3 | |
| teachers | 1 | 1 | ||
| 26 | Employed in Entertainment & Sport | 5 | 0 | |
| 27 | Personal Service, Hotels, Clubs, Institutions | 13 | 6 | |
| Indoor domestic servants | 2 | 5 | ||
| restaurant keepers | 1 | |||
| barmen & waiters | 1 | |||
| barbers, hairdressers, manicurists, chiropodists | 9 | |||
| 28 | Clerks, Draftsmen, Typists | 0 | 2 | |
| 29 | Warehousemen, Storekeepers, Packers | 3 | 0 | |
| 30 | Stationary Engine Drivers & Attendants | 1 | 0 | |
| 31 | Other & Undefined Workers | 10 | 0 | |
| labourers & other unskilled workers | 8 | |||
| 32 | Unoccupied & Retired | 39 | 231 | |
1931 Census of Scotland:
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Contents
Section 1 - Regional Distribution of Poles in Scotland
Section 2 - Age and Marital Status of Poles in Scotland
Section 3 - Occupational Distribution of Poles in Scotland