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 4: 1951-1961
Polish Born Aliens in
Scotland,
Occupational Distribution 1951
Male | Female | ||
Employed | 7610 (95%) | 399 (35%) | |
Not employed | 373 (5%) | 726 (65%) | |
Occupational Group | Male | Female | |
1 | Fishermen | 38 | 0 |
2 | Agriculture, horticulture and forestry | 1408 | 8 |
farmers, farm managers | 54 | 0 | |
market gardens, nurserymen, seedmen, flower growers | 25 | 0 | |
other gardeners | 69 | 0 | |
tending cattle, dairying | 90 | 3 | |
in charge of horses | 38 | 0 | |
other agricultural workers | 945 | 2 | |
agricultural machinery owners, supervisors, operators | 50 | 0 | |
other ancillary agricultural occupations | 5 | 0 | |
foresters and woodmen | 119 | 0 | |
3 | Mining and quarrying | 1229 | 0 |
overmen, deputies, examiners, foremen, etc. | 1 | 0 | |
coal cutting and power loading machine men | 219 | 0 | |
hewers and getters by hand and powered hand tools | 150 | 0 | |
conveying material to shaft | 112 | 0 | |
developing underground workings in rock | 425 | 0 | |
repairing and maintaining roads | 67 | 0 | |
other workers below ground | 67 | 0 | |
other workers above ground | 33 | 0 | |
other mines, quarries, workings, brine and oil wells | 152 | 0 | |
4 | Treatment on non-metalliferrous mining products | 48 | 0 |
5 | Coal ,gas, coke, chemicals and allied trades | 20 | 0 |
6 | Metal manufacture, engineering, and allied trades | 740 | 0 |
foremen, overlookers | 5 | 0 | |
furnacemen (not annealing or foundry) | 1 | 0 | |
rolling and tube mill workers, wire drawers | 3 | 0 | |
foundry workers (not pattern makers) | 83 | 0 | |
smiths, forgemen | 37 | 0 | |
coppersmiths, sheet metal workers, metal spinners | 13 | 0 | |
platers, riveters, shipwrights | 12 | 0 | |
metal machinists | 21 | 0 | |
fitters, machine erectors | 223 | 0 | |
metal finishers | 15 | 0 | |
plumbers, pipe fitters, etc. | 27 | 0 | |
vehicle makers and repairers (nes) | 3 | 0 | |
watch, clock and scientific instrument makers (nes) | 113 | 0 | |
workers in precious metals, gem setters | 2 | 0 | |
electrical apparatus makers and fitters, electricians | 91 | 0 | |
inspectors viewers, testers | 8 | 0 | |
other skilled workers | 83 | 0 | |
7 | Textiles | 315 | 66 |
carders, combers, skilled preparing room workers | 0 | 6 | |
spinners, piercers | 78 | 6 | |
winders, reelers | 0 | 22 | |
weavers (not carpets) | 63 | 9 | |
hosiery frame tenters and knitters | 0 | 6 | |
lookers, examiners, burlers, menders | 0 | 7 | |
other workers in bleaching, dying, finishing | 0 | 4 | |
8 | Tanners, leather goods, fur dressers | 114 | 1 |
boot and shoe makers, repairers (not factory) | 61 | 0 | |
9 | Textile goods , articles of dress | 226 | 56 |
tailors | 153 | 11 | |
dressmakers and other light clothing | 0 | 26 | |
machinists | 0 | 7 | |
upholsterers, coach trimmers, etc | 33 | 0 | |
10 | Makers of food, drink, tobacco | 84 | 3 |
bakers and pastry cooks | 43 | 0 | |
11 | Workers in wood, cane, cork | 145 | 0 |
cabinet makers | 48 | 0 | |
carpenters, joiners | 43 | 0 | |
sewers, wood turners, wood cutting machinists | 29 | 0 | |
12 | Paper and paperboard, bookbinding, printing | 35 | 0 |
13 | Makers of products not specified elsewhere | 91 | 0 |
14 | Workers in building and construction | 608 | 0 |
foremen, gangers | 4 | 0 | |
builders' labourers | 105 | 0 | |
bricklayers | 19 | 0 | |
bricklayers' labourers | 21 | 0 | |
platelayers | 6 | 0 | |
other workers mainly navvies | 391 | 0 | |
15 | Painters and decorators | 49 | 0 |
16 | Administrators, directors, managers (nse) | 18 | 3 |
engineering and allied trades | 2 | 0 | |
production of textiles and leather goods | 7 | 0 | |
other industrial undertakings | 6 | 0 | |
17 | Workers in transport and communications | 195 | 2 |
porters including lampmen | 9 | 0 | |
drivers of busses and coaches | 4 | 0 | |
drivers of other passenger vehicles | 16 | 0 | |
drivers of goods vehicles | 73 | 0 | |
bus and tram conductors | 2 | 2 | |
navigating officers and pilots | 2 | 0 | |
engineering officers, electricians, on ships, boats, etc. | 4 | 0 | |
petty officers, seamen, deckhands | 18 | 0 | |
firemen, trimmers, greasers, donkeymen | 6 | 0 | |
pursers, stewards and domestic staff | 9 | 0 | |
dock labourers | 6 | 0 | |
18 | Commerce, finance, insurance (not clerical) | 197 | 14 |
proprietors, managers of wholesale businesses | 7 | 0 | |
commercial travellers, canvassers (not insurance) | 18 | 0 | |
proprietors managers of retail businesses | |||
grocery, provisions | 7 | 0 | |
confectionary, tobacco, newspapers | 9 | 0 | |
general and mixed business | 7 | 0 | |
other non-food goods | 33 | 0 | |
salesmen, shop assistants | |||
grocery, provisions | 6 | 2 | |
meat | 19 | 2 | |
other non-food goods | 19 | 3 | |
costermongers and other hawkers | 11 | 0 | |
19 | Professional and technical (excluding clerical) | 250 | 46 |
Roman Catholic priests, monks, nuns, etc. | 5 | 0 | |
physicians, surgeons, registered medical practitioners | 22 | 4 | |
trained nurses, midwives | 36 | 18 | |
assistant nurses | 0 | 3 | |
student nurses | 0 | 5 | |
other teachers | 32 | 9 | |
civil, structural, municipal engineers | 9 | 0 | |
mechanical engineers | 7 | 0 | |
draughtsmen | 25 | 0 | |
qualified accountants | 2 | 0 | |
20 | Defence services | 33 | 0 |
army - commissioned officers | 20 | 0 | |
army - other ranks | 5 | 0 | |
air force - other ranks | 3 | 0 | |
police - other ranks | 1 | 0 | |
watchmen | 2 | 0 | |
21 | Professional entertainers, sportsmen | 15 | 0 |
22 | Personal service, institutions, clubs, hotels | 647 | 154 |
proprietors and managers of restaurants | 23 | 2 | |
lodging and boarding house keepers | 0 | 9 | |
proprietors and managers of hotels | 12 | 1 | |
bar staff | 15 | 1 | |
waiters, waitresses, still room hands | 68 | 3 | |
restaurant or refreshment room counter hands | 0 | 1 | |
matrons (not hospital), stewardesses | 0 | 1 | |
hospital ward orderlies, attendants | 56 | 4 | |
barbers, hairdressers, manicurists | 39 | ||
charwomen, office cleaners | 0 | 2 | |
laundry workers | 0 | 17 | |
chefs, cooks | 166 | 24 | |
kitchen hands | 71 | 7 | |
chambermaids, house or parlour maids | 0 | 35 | |
other domestic servants (indoor) | 36 | 35 | |
others in personal service | 31 | 4 | |
23 | Clerks, typists, etc | 90 | 11 |
clerks, clerkesses | 50 | 3 | |
shorthand typists, secretaries | 0 | 4 | |
typists | 0 | 4 | |
costing and accounting clerks, book-keepers | 38 | 0 | |
24 | Warehousemen, storekeepers, packers, bottlers | 74 | 3 |
warehousemen | 6 | 0 | |
store keepers | 24 | 0 | |
25 | Stationary engine drivers, cranes, tractors, stokers | 100 | 1 |
crane drivers | 18 | 0 | |
drivers of civil engineering plant | 28 | 0 | |
slingers and riggers | 4 | 0 | |
boiler firemen and stokers | 29 | 0 | |
26 | Unskilled occupations (nse) | 838 | 21 |
machine minders in engineering and allied trades | 14 | 0 | |
making of bricks, tiles, pottery | 117 | 0 | |
chemical and allied trades | 26 | 0 | |
coke ovens and gas works | 14 | 0 | |
metal working, engineering, electrical and allied trades | 158 | 0 | |
textiles (not textile goods) | 60 | 0 | |
27 | Other and undefined workers | 3 | 9 |
28 | Retired or not gainfully employed | 373 | 726 |
students in educational institutions | 182 | 29 | |
occupation outside the United Kingdom | 21 | 0 | |
retired from previous gainful employment | 92 | 8 | |
no gainful employment stated | 78 | 689 |
1951 Census of Scotland: Vol. 4, Table 11
Polish Born Aliens in Scotland
Occupational Distribution Compared with Total Scottish Workforce,1951
Males | Females | ||||
Order | All | Poles | All | Poles | |
0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | ||
1 | Fishermen | 0.65 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
2 | Agriculture, horticulture and forestry | 9.10 | 18.50 | 2.10 | 2.01 |
3 | Mining and quarrying | 5.30 | 16.10 | 0.05 | 0.00 |
4 | Treatment of non-metalliferous mining products | 0.30 | 0.65 | 0.20 | 0.00 |
5 | Coal ,gas, coke, chemicals and allied trades | 0.55 | 0.25 | 0.35 | 0.00 |
6 | Metal manufacture, engineering, allied trades | 16.20 | 9.70 | 1.50 | 0.00 |
7 | Textiles | 1.40 | 4.15 | 7.80 | 16.58 |
8 | Tanners, leather goods, fur dressers | 0.55 | 1.50 | 0.35 | 0.25 |
9 | Textile goods , articles of dress | 0.65 | 3.00 | 5.40 | 14.07 |
10 | Makers of food, drink, tobacco | 1.65 | 1.10 | 1.90 | 0.75 |
11 | Workers in wood, cane, cork | 3.70 | 1.90 | 0.20 | 0.00 |
12 | Paper and paperboard, bookbinding, printing | 1.05 | 0.45 | 1.75 | 0.00 |
13 | Makers of products not specified elsewhere | 0.55 | 1.20 | 0.45 | 0.00 |
14 | Workers in building and construction | 6.40 | 8.00 | 0.05 | 0.00 |
15 | Painters and decorators | 1.75 | 0.65 | 0.30 | 0.00 |
16 | Administrators, directors, managers (nse) | 1.90 | 0.25 | 0.40 | 0.75 |
17 | Workers in transport and communications | 10.40 | 2.50 | 2.70 | 0.50 |
18 | Occupations in commerce, finance, insurance | 8.80 | 2.60 | 14.35 | 3.52 |
19 | Professional and technical (excluding clerical) | 4.70 | 3.30 | 9.45 | 11.56 |
20 | Defence services | 3.25 | 0.45 | 0.25 | 0.00 |
21 | Professional entertainers, sportsmen | 0.50 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.00 |
22 | Personal service occupations | 2.90 | 8.50 | 21.20 | 38.69 |
23 | Clerks, typists, etc | 4.40 | 1.20 | 20.20 | 2.76 |
24 | Warehousemen, storekeepers, packers, bottlers | 1.95 | 1.00 | 2.55 | 0.75 |
25 | Stationary engine drivers, cranes, tractors, stokers | 1.85 | 1.30 | 0.05 | 0.25 |
26 | Unskilled occupations (nse) | 8.40 | 11.00 | 5.35 | 5.28 |
27 | Other and undefined workers | 1.15 | 0.05 | 0.90 | 2.26 |
1951 Census of Scotland: Vol. 4, Table 11
- Polish aliens
1951 Census of Scotland: Vol. 4, Table 16 - total workforce
Occupational Distribution of Polish
Born Residents in Scotland, 1961 (10% sample)
Order | Male | Female | |
1 | Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 33 | 0 |
2 | Mining, Quarrying | 86 | 0 |
3 | Gas Coke, Chemicals | 7 | 0 |
4 | Glass, Ceramics | 11 | 0 |
5 | Furnaces, Forges, Foundries, Rolling Mills | 6 | 0 |
6 | Electric & Electronics | 13 | 0 |
7 | Engineering & Allied Trades | 58 | 1 |
8 | Wood Workers | 10 | 0 |
9 | Leather Workers | 11 | 1 |
10 | Textiles | 27 | 4 |
11 | Clothing | 12 | 4 |
12 | Food, Drink, Tobacco | 12 | 1 |
13 | Paper & Printing | 2 | 0 |
14 | Other Products | 5 | 3 |
15 | Construction | 19 | 0 |
16 | Painting & Decorating | 7 | 0 |
17 | Drivers of Stationary Engines | 11 | 0 |
18 | Labourers | 51 | 0 |
19 | Transport & Communications | 29 | 0 |
20 | Warehouses, Stores, Packing, Bottling | 11 | 0 |
21 | Clerical Work | 5 | 3 |
22 | Sales | 35 | 4 |
23 | Services, Sport, Recreation | 59 | 7 |
24 | Administration & Management | 7 | 0 |
25 | Professional, Technical, Artistic | 30 | 5 |
26 | Armed Forces | 0 | 0 |
27 | Inadequately Described | 3 | 0 |
1961 Census of Scotland: Vol. 6 - Part 1, Table 30
Occupational Distribution of Polish
Born Males with UK Nationality
and Polish Born Males of Alien Nationality - 1961 (10% sample)
UK Poles | Alien Poles | ||
Order | % | % | |
1 | Farming , Forestry, Fishing | 3.4 | 7.5 |
2 | Mining, Quarrying | 15.3 | 15.5 |
3 | Gas Coke, Chemicals | 1.9 | 0.9 |
4 | Glass, Ceramics | 1.5 | 2.3 |
5 | Furnaces, Foundries, Steel | 1.5 | 0.9 |
6 | Electric & Electronics | 3.4 | 1.2 |
7 | Engineering & Allied Trades | 9.1 | 11.2 |
8 | Wood Workers | 2.9 | 1.2 |
9 | Leather Workers | 2.9 | 1.5 |
10 | Textiles | 4.3 | 5.2 |
11 | Clothing | 1.9 | 2.3 |
12 | Food, Drink, Tobacco | 0.5 | 3.2 |
13 | Paper & Printing | 0.0 | 0.6 |
14 | Other Products | 0.0 | 1.5 |
15 | Construction | 1.5 | 4.6 |
16 | Painting & Decorating | 2.4 | 0.6 |
17 | Drivers of Stationary Engines | 3.4 | 1.2 |
18 | Labourers | 4.3 | 12.0 |
19 | Transport & Communications | 6.2 | 4.6 |
20 | Warehouses, Stores, Packing, Bottling | 3.4 | 1.2 |
21 | Clerical Work | 1.0 | 0.9 |
22 | Sales | 9.1 | 4.6 |
23 | Services, Sport, Recreation | 8.2 | 12.0 |
24 | Administration & Management | 2.9 | 0.3 |
25 | Professional, Technical, Artistic | 9.1 | 3.2 |
26 | Armed Forces | 0.0 | 0.0 |
27 | Inadequately Described | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1961 Census of Scotland: Vol. 6 - Part 1, Table 30
Industrial Distribution of Polish
Born Males with UK Nationality
and Polish Born Males of Alien Nationality - 1961 (10% sample)
Industry | UK Nat | Aliens | |
I | Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing | 8 | 26 |
001 | agriculture and horticulture | 5 | 19 |
002 | forestry | 6 | |
003 | fishing | 1 | |
004 | land and estate management | 2 | 1 |
II | Mining and Quarrying | 36 | 48 |
101 | coal mining | 35 | 44 |
102 | stone and slate quarrying and mining | 2 | |
103 | chalk, clay, sand and gravel extraction | 2 | |
109 | other mining and quarrying | 1 | |
III | Food Drink and Tobacco | 2 | 13 |
211 | grain milling | 1 | |
212 | bread and flour confectionary | 2 | 3 |
213 | biscuits | 2 | |
214 | bacon curing, meat and fish products | 1 | |
219 | animal and poultry foods | 1 | |
231 | brewing and malting | 5 | |
IV | Chemicals and Allied Industries | 2 | 7 |
262 | mineral oil refining | 2 | 1 |
271 | chemicals and dyes | 5 | |
272 | pharmaceutical and toilet preparations | 1 | |
273 | explosives and fireworks | 1 | |
V | Metal Manufacture | 3 | 3 |
311 | iron and steel | 1 | |
313 | iron castings , &c. | 3 | 2 |
VI | Engineering and Electrical Goods | 8 | 19 |
331 | agricultural machinery | 1 | 1 |
333 | engineers' small tools and gauges | 1 | |
335 | textile machinery and accessories | 1 | |
336 | contractors' plant and quarrying equipment | 1 | |
338 | office machinery | 2 | 3 |
339 | other machinery | 2 | 4 |
349 | other mechanical engineering | 1 | 1 |
351 | scientific, surgical and photographic instruments | 1 | |
352 | watches and clocks | 1 | |
361 | electrical machinery | 1 | |
364 | radio and other electrical apparatus | 1 | |
365 | domestic electrical appliances | 2 | |
369 | other domestic goods | 1 | 2 |
VII | Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering | 3 | 1 |
370 | shipbuilding and marine engineering | 3 | 1 |
VIII | Vehicles | 3 | 1 |
381 | motor vehicle manufacturing | 3 | |
389 | railway carriages, wagons, trams | 1 | |
IX | Metal Goods (not elsewhere specified) | 2 | 8 |
394 | wire and wire manufactures | 1 | |
399 | metal industries (n.e.s.) | 2 | 7 |
X | Textiles | 13 | 24 |
412 | spinning & doubling of cotton, flax, man made fibres | 1 | 1 |
413 | weaving of cotton, flax, manmade fibres | 2 | 2 |
414 | woolens and worsteds | 2 | 5 |
415 | jute | 3 | 10 |
416 | rope, twine and net | 1 | |
417 | hosiery and other knitted goods | 2 | |
419 | carpets | 1 | 2 |
423 | textile finishing | 1 | 2 |
429 | other textile industries | 1 | 1 |
XI | Leather, Leather Goods and Fur | 3 | 2 |
432 | leather goods | 3 | 2 |
XII | Clothing and Footware | 2 | 3 |
442 | men's and boys' tailored outwear | 1 | 1 |
443 | women's and girls tailored outwear | 2 | |
445 | dresses, lingerie, infants wear, &c | 1 | |
XIII | Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, &c. | 4 | 10 |
461 | bricks, fireclay, refractory goods | 1 | 8 |
462 | pottery | 2 | |
463 | glass | 3 | |
XIV | Timber, Furniture, &c. | 8 | 7 |
471 | timber | 4 | 2 |
472 | furniture and upholstery | 3 | 4 |
473 | bedding | 1 | |
479 | miscellaneous wood and cork manufacture | 1 | |
XV | Paper, Printing and Publishing | 6 | 4 |
481 | paper and board | 4 | 3 |
483 | manufacture of paper and board n.s.e. | 1 | |
489 | other printing, publishing, bookbinding, engraving &c. | 1 | 1 |
XVI | Other Manufacturing Industries | 2 | 12 |
491 | rubber | 1 | 2 |
492 | linoleum, leather cloth, &c. | 9 | |
493 | brushes and brooms | 1 | |
494 | toys, games and sports equipment | 1 | |
XVII | Construction | 19 | 36 |
500 | construction | ||
XVIII | Gas, Electricity and Water | 4 | |
601 | Gas | 2 | |
602 | Electricity | 2 | |
XIX | Transport and Communication | 14 | 8 |
701 | railways | 7 | 6 |
702 | road passenger transport | 5 | 1 |
703 | road haulage contracting | 1 | |
705 | port and inland water transport | 1 | |
707 | postal services and telecommunications | 1 | |
XX | Distributive Trades | 27 | 25 |
810 | wholesale distribution | 5 | |
820 | retail distribution | 22 | 23 |
832 | dealing other industrial goods and machinery | 2 | |
XXI | Insurance Banking and Finance | ||
XXII | Professional and Scientific Services | 15 | 8 |
872 | educational services | 7 | 1 |
874 | medical and dental services | 7 | 5 |
875 | religious organisations | 1 | 1 |
879 | other professional and scientific services | 1 | |
XXIII | Miscellaneous Services | 24 | 55 |
881 | cinemas, theatre, radio &c. | 1 | |
882 | sport and other recreations | 1 | |
884 | catering, hotels, &c. | 8 | 19 |
885 | laundries | 1 | 9 |
886 | dry cleaning, job dying, carpet beating, &c. | 1 | 2 |
887 | motor repairers, distributors, garages and filling stations | 6 | 8 |
889 | repair of boots and shoes | 3 | 3 |
889 | hairdressing and manicure | 3 | 4 |
891 | private domestic service | 1 | 1 |
899 | other services | 1 | 7 |
XXIV | Public Administration and Defence | 1 | 3 |
906 | local government service | 1 | 3 |
Inadequately Described | 1 | ||
Place of Work Outside UK | 2 | ||
1961 Census of Scotland: Vol. 6 - Part 2, Table 11, pp. 120-125.
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