Horsham 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 239 Show data context 3,336 Show data context 182 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 4,489 Show data context 11,001 Show data context 7,818 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 6,656 Show data context 24,652 Show data context 13,731 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 10,565 Show data context 15,007 Show data context 19,756 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 6,899 Show data context 6,462 Show data context 6,797 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 3,395 Show data context 3,183 Show data context 3,636 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 9,449 Show data context 13,406 Show data context 15,487 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 2,372 Show data context 2,524 Show data context 2,809 Show data context
Own account workers 5,344 Show data context 8,517 Show data context 12,876 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 3,747 Show data context 3,364 Show data context 2,831 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 1,574 Show data context 2,461 Show data context 2,897 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 7,836 Show data context 10,612 Show data context 11,594 Show data context
Routine occupations 4,995 Show data context 6,431 Show data context 8,765 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 988 Show data context 2,360 Show data context 5,672 Show data context
Full-time students 4,361 Show data context 5,654 Show data context 5,782 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, Horsham 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: 03rd June 2026