Eastbourne 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 201 Show data context 1,339 Show data context 92 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 1,113 Show data context 4,265 Show data context 2,824 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 2,177 Show data context 15,638 Show data context 5,566 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 6,146 Show data context 9,935 Show data context 11,780 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 3,378 Show data context 3,668 Show data context 3,669 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 1,662 Show data context 2,035 Show data context 2,370 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 5,426 Show data context 9,353 Show data context 10,477 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 1,556 Show data context 1,640 Show data context 1,811 Show data context
Own account workers 3,370 Show data context 5,961 Show data context 8,238 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 3,120 Show data context 3,082 Show data context 2,472 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 1,225 Show data context 1,967 Show data context 2,200 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 7,421 Show data context 11,098 Show data context 11,884 Show data context
Routine occupations 5,043 Show data context 6,906 Show data context 9,267 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 1,554 Show data context 3,004 Show data context 6,845 Show data context
Full-time students 4,467 Show data context 6,220 Show data context 5,078 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, Eastbourne 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