Priestwood and Garth 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 12 Show data context 119 Show data context 10 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 211 Show data context 460 Show data context 278 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 283 Show data context 1,211 Show data context 757 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 510 Show data context 727 Show data context 991 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 309 Show data context 318 Show data context 372 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 171 Show data context 166 Show data context 215 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 630 Show data context 795 Show data context 939 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 95 Show data context 100 Show data context 133 Show data context
Own account workers 307 Show data context 433 Show data context 686 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 276 Show data context 261 Show data context 200 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 116 Show data context 187 Show data context 248 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 676 Show data context 840 Show data context 895 Show data context
Routine occupations 481 Show data context 620 Show data context 809 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 92 Show data context 235 Show data context 460 Show data context
Full-time students 265 Show data context 321 Show data context 346 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, Priestwood and Garth 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