Solihull 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 509 Show data context 4,699 Show data context 204 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 6,590 Show data context 15,145 Show data context 9,319 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 8,530 Show data context 33,782 Show data context 19,969 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 15,132 Show data context 21,204 Show data context 25,372 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 9,066 Show data context 8,480 Show data context 8,211 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 4,658 Show data context 4,098 Show data context 4,486 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 15,896 Show data context 22,019 Show data context 22,594 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 3,309 Show data context 3,508 Show data context 3,523 Show data context
Own account workers 5,537 Show data context 9,208 Show data context 12,319 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 6,155 Show data context 4,927 Show data context 3,944 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 3,211 Show data context 4,599 Show data context 4,939 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 15,997 Show data context 19,765 Show data context 19,086 Show data context
Routine occupations 10,428 Show data context 13,497 Show data context 17,078 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 3,764 Show data context 6,770 Show data context 13,523 Show data context
Full-time students 7,639 Show data context 10,441 Show data context 9,967 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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Housing density, simplified to under 1 person per room, 1 to 1.5, and over 1.5. Data for these categories can be computed for districts in England and Wales for all censuses from 1931 onwards, but for Scotland they can only be computed for 1971 on.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Solihull 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