Heywood 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 36 Show data context 308 Show data context 7 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 411 Show data context 808 Show data context 584 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 478 Show data context 3,323 Show data context 1,152 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 1,431 Show data context 1,946 Show data context 2,329 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 887 Show data context 861 Show data context 912 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 519 Show data context 516 Show data context 583 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 1,870 Show data context 2,856 Show data context 2,926 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 467 Show data context 430 Show data context 427 Show data context
Own account workers 778 Show data context 1,284 Show data context 1,736 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 1,200 Show data context 897 Show data context 663 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 631 Show data context 745 Show data context 818 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 2,828 Show data context 3,566 Show data context 3,162 Show data context
Routine occupations 3,115 Show data context 3,749 Show data context 4,184 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 726 Show data context 1,456 Show data context 2,556 Show data context
Full-time students 1,015 Show data context 1,332 Show data context 1,317 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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The National Statistics Socio-economic Classfication has been used by the census since 2001 "to measure the employment relations and conditions of occupations", replacing the earlier system of Socio-Economic Groups.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Heywood 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: 04th June 2026