Christchurch 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 82 Show data context 779 Show data context 65 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 771 Show data context 2,505 Show data context 1,950 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 1,248 Show data context 7,439 Show data context 3,596 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 3,001 Show data context 4,581 Show data context 5,967 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 1,710 Show data context 1,910 Show data context 2,066 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 882 Show data context 948 Show data context 1,273 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 2,632 Show data context 4,838 Show data context 5,708 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 841 Show data context 946 Show data context 1,050 Show data context
Own account workers 1,701 Show data context 3,041 Show data context 4,356 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 1,439 Show data context 1,295 Show data context 1,081 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 544 Show data context 1,013 Show data context 1,043 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 3,606 Show data context 4,877 Show data context 5,476 Show data context
Routine occupations 1,992 Show data context 2,818 Show data context 3,656 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 460 Show data context 823 Show data context 2,646 Show data context
Full-time students 1,268 Show data context 1,764 Show data context 1,831 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, Christchurch 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