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)
 

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  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