St Albans 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 25 Show data context 110 Show data context 2 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 126 Show data context 415 Show data context 247 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 260 Show data context 1,251 Show data context 565 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 592 Show data context 805 Show data context 958 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 309 Show data context 264 Show data context 291 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 235 Show data context 182 Show data context 157 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 711 Show data context 986 Show data context 898 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 105 Show data context 121 Show data context 138 Show data context
Own account workers 252 Show data context 429 Show data context 745 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 200 Show data context 202 Show data context 163 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 112 Show data context 166 Show data context 157 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 451 Show data context 674 Show data context 711 Show data context
Routine occupations 361 Show data context 453 Show data context 647 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 135 Show data context 341 Show data context 666 Show data context
Full-time students 229 Show data context 352 Show data context 497 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, St Albans 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: 07th June 2026