Swindon Unitary Authority (UA) : 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 248 Show data context 3,484 Show data context 78 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 4,965 Show data context 12,692 Show data context 6,791 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 7,536 Show data context 31,852 Show data context 16,846 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 13,401 Show data context 19,821 Show data context 22,697 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 7,219 Show data context 7,965 Show data context 7,730 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 4,471 Show data context 4,066 Show data context 5,080 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 15,828 Show data context 22,601 Show data context 24,339 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 2,139 Show data context 2,590 Show data context 2,924 Show data context
Own account workers 4,788 Show data context 8,997 Show data context 13,913 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 7,582 Show data context 6,723 Show data context 5,004 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 3,738 Show data context 5,820 Show data context 6,465 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 17,945 Show data context 24,721 Show data context 24,346 Show data context
Routine occupations 14,197 Show data context 19,176 Show data context 28,085 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 2,595 Show data context 6,393 Show data context 13,272 Show data context
Full-time students 5,773 Show data context 9,031 Show data context 9,587 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, Swindon Unitary Authority (UA) 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