Staffordshire 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 1,656 Show data context 16,395 Show data context 557 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 19,289 Show data context 43,250 Show data context 29,343 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 22,763 Show data context 130,632 Show data context 55,579 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 59,058 Show data context 79,565 Show data context 93,270 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 33,268 Show data context 32,556 Show data context 34,294 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 16,707 Show data context 18,511 Show data context 20,271 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 52,072 Show data context 81,729 Show data context 86,163 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 16,717 Show data context 16,493 Show data context 16,325 Show data context
Own account workers 27,458 Show data context 44,314 Show data context 59,897 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 32,021 Show data context 26,528 Show data context 20,693 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 17,146 Show data context 23,121 Show data context 25,954 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 75,616 Show data context 95,405 Show data context 87,856 Show data context
Routine occupations 63,211 Show data context 81,542 Show data context 105,152 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 14,226 Show data context 24,701 Show data context 51,774 Show data context
Full-time students 34,253 Show data context 45,248 Show data context 39,423 Show data context
Date Source
2001 - 2021 Great Britain Historical GIS Project

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From 1961 the census has gathered data on whether households owned or rented their homes, and if rented whom from. Here we present a simple classification which is possible for all dates. It is based on counts of households, rather than of persons within households. Note that, because of how the 1971 Census reported tenure, housing rented from Housing Associations has to be included with private rentals, separately from "council housing".


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Staffordshire 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/10091720/cube/NS_SEC_15WAY

Date accessed: 07th June 2026