Melbourne 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 6 Show data context 151 Show data context 7 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 166 Show data context 441 Show data context 324 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 258 Show data context 904 Show data context 577 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 403 Show data context 577 Show data context 730 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 191 Show data context 220 Show data context 232 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 102 Show data context 107 Show data context 112 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 311 Show data context 470 Show data context 515 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 125 Show data context 124 Show data context 122 Show data context
Own account workers 185 Show data context 290 Show data context 398 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 155 Show data context 135 Show data context 124 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 87 Show data context 128 Show data context 145 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 357 Show data context 400 Show data context 422 Show data context
Routine occupations 289 Show data context 341 Show data context 440 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 42 Show data context 81 Show data context 202 Show data context
Full-time students 153 Show data context 206 Show data context 204 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, Melbourne 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