Priory 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 47 Show data context 3 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 34 Show data context 128 Show data context 101 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 73 Show data context 327 Show data context 174 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 123 Show data context 194 Show data context 252 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 91 Show data context 94 Show data context 111 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 22 Show data context 39 Show data context 58 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 94 Show data context 156 Show data context 163 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 104 Show data context 89 Show data context 106 Show data context
Own account workers 158 Show data context 255 Show data context 344 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 56 Show data context 95 Show data context 43 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 23 Show data context 37 Show data context 52 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 210 Show data context 252 Show data context 225 Show data context
Routine occupations 128 Show data context 156 Show data context 195 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 25 Show data context 38 Show data context 97 Show data context
Full-time students 49 Show data context 85 Show data context 73 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, Priory 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