Cardiff 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 564 Show data context 4,662 Show data context 221 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 5,614 Show data context 24,856 Show data context 9,271 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 14,807 Show data context 53,831 Show data context 32,647 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 25,508 Show data context 35,862 Show data context 41,235 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 10,418 Show data context 10,858 Show data context 10,245 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 6,154 Show data context 7,111 Show data context 6,667 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 21,018 Show data context 32,146 Show data context 32,684 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 4,023 Show data context 4,511 Show data context 4,409 Show data context
Own account workers 6,651 Show data context 11,789 Show data context 16,981 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 8,897 Show data context 8,412 Show data context 5,798 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 3,826 Show data context 6,349 Show data context 6,325 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 22,172 Show data context 31,278 Show data context 28,745 Show data context
Routine occupations 14,675 Show data context 22,606 Show data context 27,095 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 9,450 Show data context 16,801 Show data context 26,088 Show data context
Full-time students 29,789 Show data context 43,027 Show data context 47,868 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, Cardiff 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: 05th June 2026