Abbey 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 3 Show data context 33 Show data context 5 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 31 Show data context 279 Show data context 70 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 63 Show data context 448 Show data context 365 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 118 Show data context 322 Show data context 322 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 65 Show data context 87 Show data context 79 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 36 Show data context 39 Show data context 48 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 137 Show data context 228 Show data context 224 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 19 Show data context 38 Show data context 77 Show data context
Own account workers 40 Show data context 142 Show data context 285 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 58 Show data context 74 Show data context 43 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 30 Show data context 39 Show data context 66 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 162 Show data context 236 Show data context 303 Show data context
Routine occupations 99 Show data context 184 Show data context 312 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 141 Show data context 293 Show data context 426 Show data context
Full-time students 125 Show data context 433 Show data context 305 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, Abbey 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: 08th June 2026