Royston Meridian 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 12 Show data context 191 Show data context 4 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 226 Show data context 607 Show data context 320 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 289 Show data context 1,153 Show data context 760 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 449 Show data context 694 Show data context 875 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 312 Show data context 307 Show data context 295 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 141 Show data context 152 Show data context 168 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 470 Show data context 821 Show data context 747 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 81 Show data context 104 Show data context 91 Show data context
Own account workers 203 Show data context 353 Show data context 472 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 218 Show data context 170 Show data context 145 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 118 Show data context 174 Show data context 176 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 490 Show data context 649 Show data context 588 Show data context
Routine occupations 306 Show data context 405 Show data context 490 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 28 Show data context 83 Show data context 231 Show data context
Full-time students 210 Show data context 246 Show data context 241 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, Royston Meridian 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