Dalton 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 21 Show data context 218 Show data context 2 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 255 Show data context 568 Show data context 320 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 291 Show data context 2,133 Show data context 706 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 997 Show data context 1,318 Show data context 1,565 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 520 Show data context 527 Show data context 511 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 315 Show data context 288 Show data context 311 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 1,056 Show data context 1,571 Show data context 1,549 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 250 Show data context 250 Show data context 197 Show data context
Own account workers 427 Show data context 784 Show data context 999 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 715 Show data context 558 Show data context 362 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 355 Show data context 544 Show data context 528 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 1,788 Show data context 2,135 Show data context 1,993 Show data context
Routine occupations 1,692 Show data context 2,077 Show data context 2,236 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 528 Show data context 883 Show data context 1,515 Show data context
Full-time students 911 Show data context 1,181 Show data context 1,121 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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Age at termination of full-time education. The data cover persons aged over 25, within a ten per cent sample of households.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Dalton 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