Canterbury 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 298 Show data context 2,163 Show data context 140 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 2,180 Show data context 8,638 Show data context 4,551 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 4,702 Show data context 22,590 Show data context 11,164 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 9,830 Show data context 14,501 Show data context 17,577 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 4,982 Show data context 5,102 Show data context 5,329 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 2,732 Show data context 2,987 Show data context 3,127 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 7,686 Show data context 12,344 Show data context 13,628 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 2,456 Show data context 2,588 Show data context 2,735 Show data context
Own account workers 4,788 Show data context 8,296 Show data context 12,002 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 4,508 Show data context 3,889 Show data context 3,247 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 1,666 Show data context 2,605 Show data context 2,939 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 10,568 Show data context 13,916 Show data context 14,048 Show data context
Routine occupations 7,030 Show data context 9,052 Show data context 12,044 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 2,665 Show data context 4,164 Show data context 9,201 Show data context
Full-time students 12,877 Show data context 21,622 Show data context 21,052 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, Canterbury 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