Blackburn With Darwen 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 263 Show data context 1,834 Show data context 76 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 2,005 Show data context 5,261 Show data context 2,791 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 2,714 Show data context 16,362 Show data context 6,323 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 7,706 Show data context 10,390 Show data context 12,874 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 3,680 Show data context 3,804 Show data context 3,870 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 1,896 Show data context 2,168 Show data context 2,308 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 7,470 Show data context 12,428 Show data context 14,197 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 2,419 Show data context 2,645 Show data context 2,324 Show data context
Own account workers 3,376 Show data context 6,192 Show data context 8,117 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 4,588 Show data context 3,918 Show data context 2,711 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 3,145 Show data context 3,984 Show data context 3,717 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 12,594 Show data context 16,843 Show data context 14,860 Show data context
Routine occupations 11,447 Show data context 14,886 Show data context 17,924 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 7,402 Show data context 10,946 Show data context 17,180 Show data context
Full-time students 6,067 Show data context 9,118 Show data context 10,176 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, Blackburn With Darwen 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