Cambridgeshire 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 1,004 Show data context 13,094 Show data context 676 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 16,961 Show data context 54,240 Show data context 26,469 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 31,549 Show data context 100,413 Show data context 73,870 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 44,235 Show data context 62,773 Show data context 78,027 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 24,311 Show data context 24,030 Show data context 23,930 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 12,832 Show data context 13,610 Show data context 14,402 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 36,868 Show data context 56,176 Show data context 61,569 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 9,923 Show data context 10,173 Show data context 10,511 Show data context
Own account workers 19,654 Show data context 31,904 Show data context 44,847 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 19,626 Show data context 17,448 Show data context 13,799 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 8,786 Show data context 13,179 Show data context 14,229 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 44,710 Show data context 58,530 Show data context 54,315 Show data context
Routine occupations 33,592 Show data context 44,166 Show data context 60,005 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 7,396 Show data context 14,443 Show data context 31,016 Show data context
Full-time students 36,564 Show data context 47,614 Show data context 51,995 Show data context
Date Source
2001 - 2021 Great Britain Historical GIS Project

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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, Cambridgeshire 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/10168466/cube/NS_SEC_15WAY

Date accessed: 05th June 2026