Birtley 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 0 Show data context 112 Show data context 7 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 105 Show data context 269 Show data context 191 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 127 Show data context 1,066 Show data context 376 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 445 Show data context 627 Show data context 744 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 266 Show data context 267 Show data context 266 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 167 Show data context 172 Show data context 199 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 617 Show data context 914 Show data context 916 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 99 Show data context 138 Show data context 100 Show data context
Own account workers 147 Show data context 278 Show data context 383 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 340 Show data context 285 Show data context 214 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 184 Show data context 272 Show data context 267 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 852 Show data context 1,069 Show data context 1,037 Show data context
Routine occupations 762 Show data context 937 Show data context 1,104 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 189 Show data context 341 Show data context 809 Show data context
Full-time students 261 Show data context 420 Show data context 324 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, Birtley 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