Stoke on Trent 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 422 Show data context 2,408 Show data context 52 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 2,714 Show data context 6,434 Show data context 3,817 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 3,424 Show data context 25,963 Show data context 8,551 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 10,798 Show data context 15,675 Show data context 18,197 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 6,249 Show data context 6,509 Show data context 6,707 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 3,400 Show data context 3,779 Show data context 4,444 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 12,542 Show data context 21,031 Show data context 22,024 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 3,107 Show data context 3,313 Show data context 3,416 Show data context
Own account workers 5,683 Show data context 10,057 Show data context 14,085 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 9,691 Show data context 8,231 Show data context 6,175 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 5,384 Show data context 6,975 Show data context 7,479 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 24,707 Show data context 32,604 Show data context 29,632 Show data context
Routine occupations 28,873 Show data context 36,037 Show data context 43,173 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 7,785 Show data context 13,244 Show data context 22,082 Show data context
Full-time students 13,282 Show data context 16,511 Show data context 16,025 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, Stoke on Trent 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: 05th June 2026