Bradley 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 6 Show data context 76 Show data context 4 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 61 Show data context 179 Show data context 222 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 95 Show data context 799 Show data context 501 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 322 Show data context 439 Show data context 810 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 193 Show data context 219 Show data context 363 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 132 Show data context 141 Show data context 205 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 355 Show data context 484 Show data context 797 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 74 Show data context 85 Show data context 134 Show data context
Own account workers 175 Show data context 292 Show data context 544 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 251 Show data context 163 Show data context 208 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 109 Show data context 142 Show data context 232 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 585 Show data context 662 Show data context 878 Show data context
Routine occupations 379 Show data context 438 Show data context 721 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 45 Show data context 100 Show data context 280 Show data context
Full-time students 579 Show data context 190 Show data context 278 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, Bradley 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: 05th June 2026