West Lancashire 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 306 Show data context 1,909 Show data context 95 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 2,295 Show data context 5,739 Show data context 3,708 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 3,352 Show data context 16,985 Show data context 7,323 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 8,157 Show data context 10,605 Show data context 12,695 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 3,991 Show data context 4,047 Show data context 4,336 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 2,089 Show data context 2,333 Show data context 2,600 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 6,946 Show data context 10,281 Show data context 10,742 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 2,509 Show data context 2,545 Show data context 2,487 Show data context
Own account workers 3,536 Show data context 5,710 Show data context 7,609 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 3,640 Show data context 3,157 Show data context 2,366 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 1,805 Show data context 2,338 Show data context 2,718 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 9,209 Show data context 11,693 Show data context 10,868 Show data context
Routine occupations 7,579 Show data context 9,804 Show data context 12,694 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 2,274 Show data context 3,372 Show data context 7,381 Show data context
Full-time students 5,906 Show data context 8,068 Show data context 10,671 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, West Lancashire 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