Faraday 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 38 Show data context 106 Show data context 3 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 133 Show data context 520 Show data context 285 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 338 Show data context 1,599 Show data context 965 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 735 Show data context 1,049 Show data context 1,207 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 333 Show data context 356 Show data context 311 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 220 Show data context 194 Show data context 176 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 870 Show data context 1,018 Show data context 841 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 129 Show data context 127 Show data context 115 Show data context
Own account workers 251 Show data context 575 Show data context 615 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 482 Show data context 488 Show data context 281 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 109 Show data context 203 Show data context 192 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 1,178 Show data context 1,490 Show data context 985 Show data context
Routine occupations 782 Show data context 1,193 Show data context 1,543 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 1,020 Show data context 1,208 Show data context 1,227 Show data context
Full-time students 1,255 Show data context 1,644 Show data context 1,288 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, Faraday 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