Reading 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 260 Show data context 2,414 Show data context 105 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 4,322 Show data context 14,574 Show data context 5,214 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 9,602 Show data context 25,043 Show data context 18,245 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 12,503 Show data context 17,165 Show data context 19,254 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 6,229 Show data context 5,248 Show data context 4,975 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 3,498 Show data context 2,630 Show data context 3,009 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 11,464 Show data context 13,867 Show data context 14,635 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 1,743 Show data context 1,557 Show data context 1,936 Show data context
Own account workers 4,173 Show data context 6,491 Show data context 9,831 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 4,800 Show data context 3,969 Show data context 3,390 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 1,873 Show data context 2,671 Show data context 2,967 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 11,328 Show data context 14,369 Show data context 14,945 Show data context
Routine occupations 7,749 Show data context 10,545 Show data context 16,010 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 2,849 Show data context 6,472 Show data context 10,860 Show data context
Full-time students 11,641 Show data context 14,836 Show data context 16,032 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, Reading 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: 07th June 2026