Hertsmere 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 289 Show data context 2,194 Show data context 212 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 2,964 Show data context 7,263 Show data context 4,929 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 4,534 Show data context 17,193 Show data context 9,783 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 8,056 Show data context 10,802 Show data context 12,597 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 5,304 Show data context 4,559 Show data context 4,402 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 2,369 Show data context 1,832 Show data context 2,072 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 7,772 Show data context 10,664 Show data context 10,668 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 1,895 Show data context 1,904 Show data context 2,305 Show data context
Own account workers 4,206 Show data context 6,609 Show data context 9,668 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 2,623 Show data context 2,164 Show data context 1,732 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 1,124 Show data context 1,627 Show data context 1,764 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 6,134 Show data context 7,742 Show data context 7,747 Show data context
Routine occupations 3,815 Show data context 5,068 Show data context 6,408 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 1,531 Show data context 2,893 Show data context 5,798 Show data context
Full-time students 4,195 Show data context 6,190 Show data context 6,127 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, Hertsmere 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: 06th June 2026