Gateshead Built-up Area : 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 190 Show data context 1,273 Show data context 20 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 1,279 Show data context 4,972 Show data context 2,158 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 1,811 Show data context 15,025 Show data context 6,480 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 5,835 Show data context 9,419 Show data context 10,600 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 2,770 Show data context 3,340 Show data context 3,280 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 1,884 Show data context 2,266 Show data context 2,117 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 7,623 Show data context 11,701 Show data context 11,195 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 1,089 Show data context 1,308 Show data context 1,267 Show data context
Own account workers 1,893 Show data context 3,536 Show data context 4,771 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 4,133 Show data context 3,812 Show data context 2,636 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 2,400 Show data context 3,415 Show data context 3,289 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 11,091 Show data context 15,258 Show data context 12,921 Show data context
Routine occupations 10,415 Show data context 14,371 Show data context 15,009 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 4,621 Show data context 6,184 Show data context 12,002 Show data context
Full-time students 4,769 Show data context 6,892 Show data context 6,509 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, Gateshead Built-up Area 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