Great Britain Country (Dep) : 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 115,703 Show data context 1,032,409 Show data context 56,058 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 1,262,776 Show data context 3,532,585 Show data context 2,087,866 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 2,059,743 Show data context 9,374,003 Show data context 4,757,194 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 4,228,670 Show data context 5,943,362 Show data context 7,085,239 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 2,208,492 Show data context 2,183,813 Show data context 2,181,219 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 1,200,152 Show data context 1,246,828 Show data context 1,363,227 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 3,881,992 Show data context 5,753,478 Show data context 6,086,116 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 1,005,183 Show data context 1,053,527 Show data context 1,094,591 Show data context
Own account workers 1,834,919 Show data context 3,113,862 Show data context 4,401,741 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 1,985,983 Show data context 1,769,616 Show data context 1,391,331 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 978,884 Show data context 1,414,499 Show data context 1,553,070 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 4,861,608 Show data context 6,405,923 Show data context 6,028,229 Show data context
Routine occupations 3,797,544 Show data context 5,078,952 Show data context 6,473,086 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 1,559,589 Show data context 2,500,244 Show data context 4,443,266 Show data context
Full-time students 2,915,567 Show data context 4,067,972 Show data context 4,113,859 Show data context
Date Source
2001 - 2021 Great Britain Historical GIS Project

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The full National Statistics Socio-cconomic Classification includes classes for persons of working age who were outside the workforce, i.e. those who have never worked, the long-term unemployed and full-time students, who are included here as a separate sub-total and should be excluded in the calculation of rates.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Great Britain Country (Dep) 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