Bristol Unitary Authority (City/UA) : 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 592 Show data context 5,687 Show data context 320 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 7,094 Show data context 33,907 Show data context 12,444 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 19,004 Show data context 65,278 Show data context 48,515 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 30,642 Show data context 45,281 Show data context 57,555 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 13,458 Show data context 13,127 Show data context 12,990 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 7,551 Show data context 6,870 Show data context 7,909 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 27,685 Show data context 37,603 Show data context 39,242 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 4,845 Show data context 4,986 Show data context 5,356 Show data context
Own account workers 10,252 Show data context 17,940 Show data context 27,594 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 12,175 Show data context 10,548 Show data context 8,257 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 5,828 Show data context 8,719 Show data context 8,717 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 32,073 Show data context 42,960 Show data context 37,955 Show data context
Routine occupations 24,236 Show data context 33,632 Show data context 44,253 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 8,867 Show data context 16,885 Show data context 26,447 Show data context
Full-time students 32,146 Show data context 43,361 Show data context 52,192 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, Bristol Unitary Authority (City/UA) 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