Worthing 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 194 Show data context 1,805 Show data context 85 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 1,929 Show data context 5,910 Show data context 3,890 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 3,492 Show data context 17,367 Show data context 7,986 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 7,452 Show data context 10,870 Show data context 14,061 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 4,194 Show data context 4,122 Show data context 4,088 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 2,474 Show data context 2,375 Show data context 2,757 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 7,886 Show data context 11,788 Show data context 12,623 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 1,575 Show data context 1,646 Show data context 1,844 Show data context
Own account workers 3,805 Show data context 6,337 Show data context 9,218 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 3,167 Show data context 2,882 Show data context 2,466 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 1,346 Show data context 2,236 Show data context 2,503 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 7,499 Show data context 10,984 Show data context 11,715 Show data context
Routine occupations 4,249 Show data context 6,157 Show data context 8,596 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 1,263 Show data context 2,743 Show data context 6,001 Show data context
Full-time students 3,164 Show data context 4,483 Show data context 4,545 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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Total number of persons in employment across all industrial sectors.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Worthing 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