Birchfield 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 27 Show data context 41 Show data context 7 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 38 Show data context 255 Show data context 81 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 156 Show data context 815 Show data context 297 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 425 Show data context 569 Show data context 676 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 128 Show data context 174 Show data context 161 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 83 Show data context 72 Show data context 99 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 433 Show data context 626 Show data context 731 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 209 Show data context 183 Show data context 192 Show data context
Own account workers 173 Show data context 446 Show data context 685 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 206 Show data context 223 Show data context 158 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 103 Show data context 153 Show data context 153 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 806 Show data context 1,051 Show data context 996 Show data context
Routine occupations 594 Show data context 1,037 Show data context 1,392 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 1,381 Show data context 1,690 Show data context 2,513 Show data context
Full-time students 893 Show data context 1,402 Show data context 1,272 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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This data matrix presents simplified version of the 1881 occupational data, using the 24 'Orders' used in the published reports for 1881, plus an 'Unknown' category. Many of these categories combine 'Workers and Dealers' in different commodities, so it is impossible to distinguish workers in manufacturing and services.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Birchfield 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