Chelmsford 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 393 Show data context 3,642 Show data context 154 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 4,873 Show data context 12,888 Show data context 8,200 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 7,769 Show data context 30,570 Show data context 16,895 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 13,605 Show data context 18,763 Show data context 22,801 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 8,709 Show data context 7,943 Show data context 7,385 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 4,471 Show data context 3,864 Show data context 4,250 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 13,880 Show data context 19,937 Show data context 19,967 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 2,761 Show data context 2,643 Show data context 2,925 Show data context
Own account workers 5,728 Show data context 9,220 Show data context 13,221 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 4,974 Show data context 4,215 Show data context 3,157 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 2,170 Show data context 3,348 Show data context 3,702 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 11,904 Show data context 15,161 Show data context 14,652 Show data context
Routine occupations 7,291 Show data context 9,857 Show data context 13,372 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 1,836 Show data context 3,818 Show data context 8,648 Show data context
Full-time students 6,958 Show data context 8,394 Show data context 8,418 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, Chelmsford 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: 03rd June 2026