Stroud District : NS Socio-economic Classification (15-way)

NS Socio-economic Classification (15-way)

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NS Socio-economic Classfication (15 way) 2001 2011 2021
Employers in large establishments 181 Show data context 2,518 Show data context 132 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 2,631 Show data context 7,931 Show data context 5,207 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 4,307 Show data context 19,647 Show data context 10,945 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 9,007 Show data context 12,704 Show data context 15,502 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 4,779 Show data context 4,666 Show data context 4,890 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 2,141 Show data context 2,277 Show data context 2,716 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 6,540 Show data context 9,642 Show data context 11,272 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 2,279 Show data context 2,232 Show data context 2,369 Show data context
Own account workers 4,481 Show data context 7,274 Show data context 10,608 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 3,909 Show data context 3,130 Show data context 2,484 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 2,035 Show data context 2,670 Show data context 2,948 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 9,295 Show data context 11,692 Show data context 11,426 Show data context
Routine occupations 6,848 Show data context 8,122 Show data context 10,091 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 1,447 Show data context 2,237 Show data context 4,981 Show data context
Full-time students 3,836 Show data context 4,860 Show data context 4,586 Show data context
Date Source
2001 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table UV031, NS-Sec (21 way))
2011 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table QS607UK - NS-SeC)
2021 Office for National Statistics, ONS "Create a Custom Dataset" (National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (17 way))

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Age at termination of full-time education, as tabulated by the 1961 Census of Population. The data cover persons aged over 25, within a ten per cent sample of households.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Stroud District through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | NS Socio-economic Classification (15-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 05th June 2026