North Hertfordshire 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 212 Show data context 3,094 Show data context 128 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 4,121 Show data context 11,093 Show data context 6,651 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 6,515 Show data context 23,008 Show data context 14,536 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 10,344 Show data context 14,769 Show data context 17,485 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 6,104 Show data context 5,571 Show data context 5,456 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 2,493 Show data context 2,668 Show data context 2,830 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 8,318 Show data context 12,573 Show data context 12,897 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 2,082 Show data context 2,055 Show data context 2,024 Show data context
Own account workers 4,123 Show data context 6,647 Show data context 9,406 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 3,708 Show data context 3,134 Show data context 2,374 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 1,883 Show data context 2,591 Show data context 2,693 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 8,654 Show data context 10,949 Show data context 10,659 Show data context
Routine occupations 6,362 Show data context 7,777 Show data context 9,599 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 1,339 Show data context 2,872 Show data context 5,736 Show data context
Full-time students 4,455 Show data context 5,717 Show data context 5,246 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, North Hertfordshire 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: 06th June 2026