Boston 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 117 Show data context 722 Show data context 23 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 675 Show data context 1,663 Show data context 1,263 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 833 Show data context 7,318 Show data context 2,371 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 2,940 Show data context 4,207 Show data context 5,028 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 1,759 Show data context 1,803 Show data context 2,152 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 872 Show data context 1,308 Show data context 1,490 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 2,704 Show data context 4,885 Show data context 5,801 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 1,279 Show data context 1,334 Show data context 1,359 Show data context
Own account workers 1,981 Show data context 3,216 Show data context 4,503 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 2,412 Show data context 2,570 Show data context 2,153 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 1,055 Show data context 1,859 Show data context 2,007 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 6,979 Show data context 10,479 Show data context 8,532 Show data context
Routine occupations 5,577 Show data context 8,578 Show data context 13,843 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 1,078 Show data context 2,291 Show data context 4,288 Show data context
Full-time students 1,693 Show data context 2,391 Show data context 2,746 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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This simple four-way classification of ethnicity can be presented for four recent censuses.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Boston 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