South Oxfordshire 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 281 Show data context 3,828 Show data context 264 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 5,764 Show data context 12,466 Show data context 8,480 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 7,720 Show data context 25,102 Show data context 16,965 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 11,569 Show data context 15,502 Show data context 19,191 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 7,018 Show data context 6,517 Show data context 6,410 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 3,118 Show data context 3,083 Show data context 3,361 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 9,000 Show data context 12,413 Show data context 13,922 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 2,562 Show data context 2,578 Show data context 2,786 Show data context
Own account workers 5,382 Show data context 8,142 Show data context 12,208 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 3,997 Show data context 3,465 Show data context 2,723 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 1,809 Show data context 2,682 Show data context 3,026 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 8,367 Show data context 10,270 Show data context 10,476 Show data context
Routine occupations 6,769 Show data context 8,275 Show data context 10,340 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 1,255 Show data context 2,271 Show data context 5,476 Show data context
Full-time students 4,747 Show data context 5,400 Show data context 5,837 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, South Oxfordshire 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: 04th June 2026