the West Midlands Government Region : 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 9,959 Show data context 87,030 Show data context 3,576 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 106,558 Show data context 267,990 Show data context 162,549 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 152,580 Show data context 763,395 Show data context 358,187 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 349,174 Show data context 479,560 Show data context 573,252 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 187,063 Show data context 181,045 Show data context 188,244 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 96,824 Show data context 102,790 Show data context 113,367 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 329,871 Show data context 502,429 Show data context 536,764 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 89,576 Show data context 91,392 Show data context 94,662 Show data context
Own account workers 155,865 Show data context 263,472 Show data context 369,610 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 188,878 Show data context 158,027 Show data context 123,933 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 102,295 Show data context 135,664 Show data context 149,108 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 498,332 Show data context 629,013 Show data context 589,397 Show data context
Routine occupations 401,487 Show data context 524,140 Show data context 676,209 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 168,586 Show data context 278,493 Show data context 481,426 Show data context
Full-time students 259,425 Show data context 366,074 Show data context 381,242 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, the West Midlands Government Region 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