Penn 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 18 Show data context 233 Show data context 13 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 329 Show data context 852 Show data context 422 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 509 Show data context 2,333 Show data context 1,072 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 1,250 Show data context 1,663 Show data context 1,807 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 515 Show data context 417 Show data context 418 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 280 Show data context 253 Show data context 262 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 853 Show data context 1,323 Show data context 1,425 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 240 Show data context 213 Show data context 254 Show data context
Own account workers 411 Show data context 570 Show data context 754 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 367 Show data context 280 Show data context 219 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 201 Show data context 245 Show data context 285 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 890 Show data context 1,132 Show data context 1,154 Show data context
Routine occupations 629 Show data context 776 Show data context 1,076 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 233 Show data context 483 Show data context 800 Show data context
Full-time students 587 Show data context 738 Show data context 611 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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nCube definition


All persons of working age (12 or above in 1921), categorised by gender and the system of 31 occupational 'Orders' used by the 1921 Census of Population (we exclude Order 32 which covered the retired or otherwise unoccupied).


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Penn 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