Oxfordshire Modern (post-1974) County : 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 1,126 Show data context 14,680 Show data context 862 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 20,876 Show data context 57,427 Show data context 30,610 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 35,391 Show data context 111,794 Show data context 78,138 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 52,760 Show data context 71,295 Show data context 85,993 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 27,725 Show data context 26,349 Show data context 26,518 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 14,143 Show data context 14,150 Show data context 15,268 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 41,027 Show data context 57,197 Show data context 64,311 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 10,619 Show data context 10,287 Show data context 11,134 Show data context
Own account workers 20,788 Show data context 32,739 Show data context 48,806 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 20,771 Show data context 17,071 Show data context 14,455 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 8,923 Show data context 13,396 Show data context 15,483 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 44,341 Show data context 55,465 Show data context 56,781 Show data context
Routine occupations 35,786 Show data context 44,216 Show data context 58,510 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 7,603 Show data context 14,057 Show data context 29,787 Show data context
Full-time students 44,042 Show data context 53,909 Show data context 58,298 Show data context
Date Source
2001 - 2021 Great Britain Historical GIS Project

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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, Oxfordshire Modern (post-1974) County through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | NS Socio-economic Classification (15-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10084738/cube/NS_SEC_15WAY

Date accessed: 05th June 2026