Central 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 16 Show data context 114 Show data context 4 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 219 Show data context 654 Show data context 296 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 323 Show data context 1,515 Show data context 954 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 690 Show data context 991 Show data context 1,286 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 354 Show data context 347 Show data context 388 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 147 Show data context 177 Show data context 260 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 523 Show data context 685 Show data context 880 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 85 Show data context 77 Show data context 144 Show data context
Own account workers 198 Show data context 386 Show data context 788 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 221 Show data context 219 Show data context 215 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 99 Show data context 152 Show data context 235 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 459 Show data context 727 Show data context 885 Show data context
Routine occupations 295 Show data context 523 Show data context 959 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 187 Show data context 319 Show data context 760 Show data context
Full-time students 270 Show data context 391 Show data context 532 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, Central 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