Northampton 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 337 Show data context 3,143 Show data context 105 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 4,666 Show data context 10,642 Show data context 6,317 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 6,060 Show data context 31,474 Show data context 14,076 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 14,256 Show data context 19,438 Show data context 22,811 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 8,834 Show data context 8,056 Show data context 7,727 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 4,086 Show data context 3,980 Show data context 4,558 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 15,064 Show data context 22,639 Show data context 23,138 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 2,616 Show data context 2,925 Show data context 3,871 Show data context
Own account workers 5,427 Show data context 9,638 Show data context 16,574 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 7,501 Show data context 6,429 Show data context 5,223 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 3,358 Show data context 4,498 Show data context 4,982 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 17,536 Show data context 22,244 Show data context 21,092 Show data context
Routine occupations 16,129 Show data context 21,585 Show data context 33,611 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 4,347 Show data context 7,999 Show data context 13,878 Show data context
Full-time students 10,647 Show data context 14,122 Show data context 16,171 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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This data matrix presents simplified version of the 1881 occupational data, using the 24 'Orders' used in the published reports for 1881, plus an 'Unknown' category. Many of these categories combine 'Workers and Dealers' in different commodities, so it is impossible to distinguish workers in manufacturing and services.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Northampton 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: 08th June 2026