Harlow 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 120 Show data context 1,099 Show data context 33 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 1,488 Show data context 3,060 Show data context 2,050 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 2,275 Show data context 11,448 Show data context 4,231 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 5,336 Show data context 6,766 Show data context 8,557 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 3,334 Show data context 2,956 Show data context 3,457 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 1,843 Show data context 1,726 Show data context 1,900 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 6,753 Show data context 8,884 Show data context 9,508 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 1,009 Show data context 972 Show data context 1,194 Show data context
Own account workers 2,483 Show data context 4,297 Show data context 6,642 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 3,356 Show data context 2,478 Show data context 2,183 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 1,609 Show data context 2,124 Show data context 2,465 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 7,695 Show data context 9,549 Show data context 9,953 Show data context
Routine occupations 6,500 Show data context 7,959 Show data context 11,049 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 1,524 Show data context 2,999 Show data context 5,745 Show data context
Full-time students 2,469 Show data context 3,800 Show data context 4,116 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, Harlow 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