Rural West 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 29 Show data context 186 Show data context 7 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 187 Show data context 452 Show data context 361 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 281 Show data context 1,309 Show data context 757 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 573 Show data context 884 Show data context 1,167 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 214 Show data context 268 Show data context 323 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 138 Show data context 157 Show data context 212 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 382 Show data context 616 Show data context 767 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 164 Show data context 194 Show data context 230 Show data context
Own account workers 125 Show data context 279 Show data context 425 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 153 Show data context 157 Show data context 147 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 91 Show data context 149 Show data context 187 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 270 Show data context 442 Show data context 498 Show data context
Routine occupations 162 Show data context 266 Show data context 407 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 86 Show data context 128 Show data context 344 Show data context
Full-time students 247 Show data context 334 Show data context 308 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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A University of Aberdeen project directed by Clive Lee systematically re-worked county-level occupation/industry data from all censuses 1841-1971 to the 1968 Standard Industrial Classification, distinguishing males and females. Lee calculated two alternative sets of data, Series A and Series B. Series A is for all individual Registration Counties and follows the nineteenth century censuses approach of grouping distributive workers with those involved in manufacturing the same items. Series B is for Administrative C...


ounties and is closely modeled on employment classifications used in the 1970s so sector 23 ('Distributive Trades') is much larger. Not all individual administrative county data are listed. Scottish counties were aggregated to the 1975-1996 regions and Welsh counties were grouped into 'Glamorgan and Monmouthshire' and 'North and West Wales'. As these are derived data, we hold Lee's data only for actual counties and nations already in our system.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Rural West Ward through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | NS Socio-economic Classification (15-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/13443476/cube/NS_SEC_15WAY

Date accessed: 05th June 2026