Bagnall and Stanley Ward : 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 10 Show data context 45 Show data context 2 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 50 Show data context 118 Show data context 88 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 57 Show data context 280 Show data context 166 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 146 Show data context 168 Show data context 235 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 83 Show data context 75 Show data context 77 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 26 Show data context 37 Show data context 35 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 99 Show data context 170 Show data context 174 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 73 Show data context 82 Show data context 72 Show data context
Own account workers 82 Show data context 131 Show data context 160 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 36 Show data context 31 Show data context 25 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 34 Show data context 34 Show data context 27 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 72 Show data context 110 Show data context 88 Show data context
Routine occupations 49 Show data context 81 Show data context 95 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 13 Show data context 15 Show data context 66 Show data context
Full-time students 61 Show data context 77 Show data context 77 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, Bagnall and Stanley Ward through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | NS Socio-economic Classification (15-way), A Vision of Ireland through Time.

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Date accessed: 07th June 2026