Spelthorne 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 157 Show data context 1,796 Show data context 69 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 3,166 Show data context 6,391 Show data context 3,923 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 3,841 Show data context 16,994 Show data context 8,174 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 7,444 Show data context 10,021 Show data context 12,003 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 4,937 Show data context 4,471 Show data context 4,443 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 3,055 Show data context 2,502 Show data context 2,588 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 9,457 Show data context 12,553 Show data context 12,400 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 1,482 Show data context 1,390 Show data context 1,569 Show data context
Own account workers 3,247 Show data context 5,273 Show data context 7,602 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 3,041 Show data context 2,728 Show data context 2,282 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 1,629 Show data context 2,539 Show data context 2,476 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 6,194 Show data context 8,200 Show data context 8,235 Show data context
Routine occupations 4,084 Show data context 5,846 Show data context 7,810 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 1,021 Show data context 2,319 Show data context 5,620 Show data context
Full-time students 2,823 Show data context 3,887 Show data context 4,193 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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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, Spelthorne 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: 04th June 2026