Woking 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 208 Show data context 2,678 Show data context 154 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 4,049 Show data context 9,754 Show data context 5,750 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 5,891 Show data context 18,656 Show data context 12,054 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 7,820 Show data context 11,699 Show data context 12,716 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 5,179 Show data context 4,797 Show data context 4,059 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 2,530 Show data context 2,160 Show data context 2,125 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 6,980 Show data context 9,798 Show data context 9,824 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 1,309 Show data context 1,428 Show data context 1,596 Show data context
Own account workers 3,385 Show data context 5,418 Show data context 7,650 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 2,651 Show data context 2,303 Show data context 1,712 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 1,141 Show data context 1,708 Show data context 1,762 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 6,209 Show data context 7,927 Show data context 7,730 Show data context
Routine occupations 3,476 Show data context 4,574 Show data context 6,078 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 1,356 Show data context 2,872 Show data context 5,120 Show data context
Full-time students 3,316 Show data context 4,606 Show data context 4,610 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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The National Statistics Socio-economic Classfication has been used by the census since 2001 "to measure the employment relations and conditions of occupations", replacing the earlier system of Socio-Economic Groups.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Woking 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: 04th June 2026