Plumstead Common 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 31 Show data context 170 Show data context 10 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 181 Show data context 601 Show data context 373 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 345 Show data context 2,029 Show data context 962 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 1,026 Show data context 1,317 Show data context 1,626 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 481 Show data context 396 Show data context 435 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 368 Show data context 316 Show data context 265 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 1,157 Show data context 1,476 Show data context 1,393 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 178 Show data context 226 Show data context 224 Show data context
Own account workers 458 Show data context 734 Show data context 1,080 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 453 Show data context 416 Show data context 344 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 199 Show data context 282 Show data context 279 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 1,161 Show data context 1,485 Show data context 1,487 Show data context
Routine occupations 790 Show data context 1,047 Show data context 1,320 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 551 Show data context 1,033 Show data context 1,247 Show data context
Full-time students 731 Show data context 1,150 Show data context 951 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, Plumstead Common 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