South Downs 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 9 Show data context 84 Show data context 18 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 85 Show data context 329 Show data context 208 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 174 Show data context 625 Show data context 396 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 259 Show data context 386 Show data context 467 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 129 Show data context 169 Show data context 156 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 63 Show data context 70 Show data context 80 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 149 Show data context 278 Show data context 305 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 143 Show data context 114 Show data context 157 Show data context
Own account workers 149 Show data context 251 Show data context 344 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 50 Show data context 65 Show data context 39 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 26 Show data context 35 Show data context 40 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 132 Show data context 196 Show data context 181 Show data context
Routine occupations 52 Show data context 88 Show data context 102 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 23 Show data context 48 Show data context 117 Show data context
Full-time students 75 Show data context 101 Show data context 99 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, South Downs Ward 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