Layton 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 9 Show data context 77 Show data context 3 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 81 Show data context 227 Show data context 142 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 141 Show data context 972 Show data context 285 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 426 Show data context 566 Show data context 685 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 250 Show data context 246 Show data context 242 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 146 Show data context 160 Show data context 156 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 568 Show data context 764 Show data context 747 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 136 Show data context 114 Show data context 115 Show data context
Own account workers 286 Show data context 432 Show data context 469 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 269 Show data context 255 Show data context 156 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 108 Show data context 172 Show data context 176 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 682 Show data context 932 Show data context 847 Show data context
Routine occupations 566 Show data context 712 Show data context 862 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 136 Show data context 309 Show data context 636 Show data context
Full-time students 246 Show data context 363 Show data context 293 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, Layton 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