Surrey Heath 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 140 Show data context 2,718 Show data context 136 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 4,413 Show data context 7,854 Show data context 5,390 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 4,933 Show data context 16,974 Show data context 9,179 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 7,499 Show data context 10,004 Show data context 11,680 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 5,015 Show data context 4,661 Show data context 4,128 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 2,552 Show data context 2,309 Show data context 2,180 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 6,813 Show data context 9,347 Show data context 9,548 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 1,417 Show data context 1,490 Show data context 1,495 Show data context
Own account workers 3,076 Show data context 4,817 Show data context 6,814 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 2,263 Show data context 2,084 Show data context 1,652 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 962 Show data context 1,593 Show data context 1,701 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 4,867 Show data context 6,344 Show data context 6,808 Show data context
Routine occupations 2,850 Show data context 3,735 Show data context 5,108 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 793 Show data context 1,742 Show data context 4,047 Show data context
Full-time students 2,966 Show data context 3,867 Show data context 3,898 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, Surrey Heath 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