Lisburn and Castlereagh 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 267 Show data context 2,073 Show data context 108 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 2,581 Show data context 8,886 Show data context 4,455 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 4,598 Show data context 22,716 Show data context 13,098 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 11,187 Show data context 14,089 Show data context 18,803 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 4,573 Show data context 4,921 Show data context 4,716 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 4,254 Show data context 3,706 Show data context 4,104 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 10,322 Show data context 14,949 Show data context 16,130 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 2,625 Show data context 2,731 Show data context 2,737 Show data context
Own account workers 3,361 Show data context 5,507 Show data context 7,432 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 3,856 Show data context 3,389 Show data context 2,780 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 2,448 Show data context 3,070 Show data context 3,118 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 10,587 Show data context 13,709 Show data context 13,210 Show data context
Routine occupations 8,285 Show data context 9,611 Show data context 11,966 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 2,092 Show data context 3,860 Show data context 8,449 Show data context
Full-time students 5,564 Show data context 8,360 Show data context 7,813 Show data context
Date Source
2001 Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (49 way))
2011 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table QS607UK - NS-SeC)
2021 Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (Flexible Table Builder: "National Statistics Socio-economic Classification" (15 way))

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Total population at this Census, and for previous censuses. Where the latter appear, they are for the same area, so if there had been boundary changes they will differ from the population given for the same reporting unit by the previous census.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Lisburn and Castlereagh 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: 05th June 2026