Swansea 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 381 Show data context 2,792 Show data context 117 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 2,874 Show data context 11,207 Show data context 5,316 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 6,300 Show data context 34,683 Show data context 15,059 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 16,154 Show data context 22,078 Show data context 25,178 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 6,484 Show data context 7,086 Show data context 6,821 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 4,571 Show data context 5,519 Show data context 5,543 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 13,963 Show data context 23,325 Show data context 24,381 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 3,380 Show data context 3,823 Show data context 3,707 Show data context
Own account workers 4,818 Show data context 8,689 Show data context 11,515 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 8,078 Show data context 7,343 Show data context 5,152 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 3,659 Show data context 5,651 Show data context 6,150 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 18,474 Show data context 26,584 Show data context 24,840 Show data context
Routine occupations 13,636 Show data context 20,430 Show data context 24,013 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 6,529 Show data context 9,218 Show data context 17,425 Show data context
Full-time students 15,194 Show data context 23,226 Show data context 22,669 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, Swansea 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: 08th April 2026