South Gloucestershire 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 361 Show data context 4,877 Show data context 178 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 6,803 Show data context 18,310 Show data context 10,102 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 10,591 Show data context 42,163 Show data context 24,837 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 19,293 Show data context 25,881 Show data context 33,891 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 11,703 Show data context 10,269 Show data context 10,472 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 6,579 Show data context 6,013 Show data context 7,343 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 22,406 Show data context 30,527 Show data context 32,872 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 4,127 Show data context 3,994 Show data context 4,215 Show data context
Own account workers 8,169 Show data context 12,900 Show data context 18,801 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 8,697 Show data context 6,837 Show data context 5,658 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 4,909 Show data context 7,463 Show data context 7,458 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 21,477 Show data context 27,122 Show data context 26,469 Show data context
Routine occupations 14,743 Show data context 18,843 Show data context 26,606 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 2,681 Show data context 5,091 Show data context 11,820 Show data context
Full-time students 9,108 Show data context 14,341 Show data context 16,553 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, South Gloucestershire 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: 04th June 2026