Drake 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 15 Show data context 45 Show data context 2 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 54 Show data context 308 Show data context 79 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 203 Show data context 870 Show data context 354 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 517 Show data context 580 Show data context 729 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 165 Show data context 182 Show data context 178 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 139 Show data context 108 Show data context 106 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 415 Show data context 550 Show data context 536 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 84 Show data context 93 Show data context 74 Show data context
Own account workers 142 Show data context 224 Show data context 399 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 194 Show data context 226 Show data context 152 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 77 Show data context 120 Show data context 165 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 590 Show data context 681 Show data context 671 Show data context
Routine occupations 346 Show data context 531 Show data context 766 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 200 Show data context 322 Show data context 539 Show data context
Full-time students 3,762 Show data context 6,173 Show data context 5,686 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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This simple four-way classification of ethnicity can be presented for four recent censuses.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Drake 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: 04th June 2026