Chorley 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 33 Show data context 557 Show data context 12 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 619 Show data context 1,798 Show data context 1,028 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 927 Show data context 5,532 Show data context 2,243 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 2,250 Show data context 3,437 Show data context 4,252 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 1,216 Show data context 1,287 Show data context 1,416 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 567 Show data context 808 Show data context 860 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 2,321 Show data context 3,719 Show data context 3,839 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 530 Show data context 575 Show data context 570 Show data context
Own account workers 956 Show data context 1,694 Show data context 2,476 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 1,436 Show data context 1,152 Show data context 948 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 674 Show data context 1,016 Show data context 1,064 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 3,277 Show data context 4,520 Show data context 4,377 Show data context
Routine occupations 3,278 Show data context 4,027 Show data context 4,841 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 769 Show data context 1,354 Show data context 2,560 Show data context
Full-time students 1,240 Show data context 1,625 Show data context 1,539 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, Chorley 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