Bridgwater 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 42 Show data context 377 Show data context 10 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 396 Show data context 1,016 Show data context 814 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 510 Show data context 4,416 Show data context 1,745 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 1,655 Show data context 2,455 Show data context 3,186 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 1,081 Show data context 1,238 Show data context 1,551 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 608 Show data context 723 Show data context 940 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 2,035 Show data context 3,326 Show data context 3,935 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 528 Show data context 479 Show data context 514 Show data context
Own account workers 1,102 Show data context 1,932 Show data context 2,886 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 1,687 Show data context 1,485 Show data context 1,495 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 889 Show data context 1,111 Show data context 1,402 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 4,077 Show data context 6,190 Show data context 6,068 Show data context
Routine occupations 3,836 Show data context 5,361 Show data context 8,595 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 847 Show data context 1,572 Show data context 3,031 Show data context
Full-time students 1,041 Show data context 1,798 Show data context 1,772 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, Bridgwater 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: 07th June 2026