South Ribble 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 193 Show data context 2,031 Show data context 47 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 2,373 Show data context 6,115 Show data context 3,741 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 3,476 Show data context 18,220 Show data context 7,840 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 7,851 Show data context 11,341 Show data context 13,602 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 4,116 Show data context 4,059 Show data context 4,280 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 2,458 Show data context 2,820 Show data context 2,863 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 8,794 Show data context 13,045 Show data context 13,181 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 1,932 Show data context 1,888 Show data context 1,773 Show data context
Own account workers 3,169 Show data context 5,231 Show data context 6,755 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 3,988 Show data context 3,134 Show data context 2,373 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 2,505 Show data context 3,426 Show data context 3,259 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 9,359 Show data context 11,902 Show data context 10,747 Show data context
Routine occupations 6,866 Show data context 8,297 Show data context 10,546 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 1,273 Show data context 2,255 Show data context 5,961 Show data context
Full-time students 3,970 Show data context 4,914 Show data context 4,510 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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Age at termination of full-time education, as tabulated by the 1961 Census of Population. The data cover persons aged over 25, within a ten per cent sample of households.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, South Ribble 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: 04th June 2026