Sefton 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 582 Show data context 4,050 Show data context 197 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 4,777 Show data context 12,629 Show data context 7,907 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 7,661 Show data context 42,028 Show data context 16,940 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 20,311 Show data context 26,097 Show data context 31,783 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 9,916 Show data context 9,497 Show data context 9,645 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 5,921 Show data context 6,434 Show data context 6,842 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 22,117 Show data context 31,111 Show data context 32,693 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 4,412 Show data context 4,636 Show data context 4,689 Show data context
Own account workers 7,683 Show data context 12,785 Show data context 17,559 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 8,702 Show data context 7,367 Show data context 5,840 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 3,885 Show data context 5,787 Show data context 6,441 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 22,911 Show data context 30,723 Show data context 29,957 Show data context
Routine occupations 14,723 Show data context 21,248 Show data context 26,984 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 8,331 Show data context 11,273 Show data context 22,320 Show data context
Full-time students 12,753 Show data context 14,560 Show data context 12,631 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, Sefton 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