Wakefield Rural 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 60 Show data context 417 Show data context 12 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 488 Show data context 1,002 Show data context 722 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 504 Show data context 3,025 Show data context 1,370 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 1,295 Show data context 1,833 Show data context 2,098 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 838 Show data context 768 Show data context 788 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 373 Show data context 424 Show data context 476 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 1,250 Show data context 1,788 Show data context 1,929 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 356 Show data context 361 Show data context 336 Show data context
Own account workers 503 Show data context 932 Show data context 1,248 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 567 Show data context 472 Show data context 355 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 283 Show data context 451 Show data context 466 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 1,269 Show data context 1,732 Show data context 1,546 Show data context
Routine occupations 1,264 Show data context 1,635 Show data context 1,854 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 246 Show data context 483 Show data context 975 Show data context
Full-time students 763 Show data context 693 Show data context 630 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, Wakefield Rural 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