Stafford 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 73 Show data context 1,158 Show data context 26 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 1,361 Show data context 3,805 Show data context 2,120 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 2,120 Show data context 10,993 Show data context 5,163 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 5,101 Show data context 6,883 Show data context 8,532 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 2,264 Show data context 2,264 Show data context 2,413 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 1,609 Show data context 1,846 Show data context 2,111 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 4,593 Show data context 6,805 Show data context 7,426 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 805 Show data context 825 Show data context 851 Show data context
Own account workers 1,509 Show data context 2,496 Show data context 3,770 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 2,552 Show data context 2,098 Show data context 1,627 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 1,087 Show data context 1,757 Show data context 2,008 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 5,664 Show data context 7,378 Show data context 7,127 Show data context
Routine occupations 4,593 Show data context 5,828 Show data context 8,212 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 1,306 Show data context 2,162 Show data context 3,978 Show data context
Full-time students 3,806 Show data context 5,349 Show data context 3,181 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, Stafford 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