Wigan 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 446 Show data context 4,483 Show data context 101 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 4,898 Show data context 11,940 Show data context 7,904 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 6,582 Show data context 44,163 Show data context 16,345 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 19,094 Show data context 27,247 Show data context 32,690 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 9,981 Show data context 10,671 Show data context 11,329 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 5,536 Show data context 6,245 Show data context 6,906 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 20,248 Show data context 31,960 Show data context 33,516 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 4,736 Show data context 5,015 Show data context 4,799 Show data context
Own account workers 8,426 Show data context 14,731 Show data context 20,041 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 11,355 Show data context 10,389 Show data context 7,521 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 6,852 Show data context 9,674 Show data context 10,056 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 30,622 Show data context 40,341 Show data context 34,457 Show data context
Routine occupations 28,047 Show data context 37,326 Show data context 43,781 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 6,444 Show data context 12,274 Show data context 25,308 Show data context
Full-time students 10,580 Show data context 14,199 Show data context 14,015 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, Wigan 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: 05th June 2026