Whitley Bay Built-up Area : NS Socio-economic Classification (15-way)

NS Socio-economic Classification (15-way)

Data cube chart.

NS Socio-economic Classfication (15 way) 2001 2011 2021
Employers in large establishments 72 Show data context 804 Show data context 21 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 974 Show data context 3,008 Show data context 1,491 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 1,581 Show data context 7,609 Show data context 4,166 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 3,926 Show data context 5,177 Show data context 6,025 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 1,480 Show data context 1,398 Show data context 1,215 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 964 Show data context 1,034 Show data context 931 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 2,930 Show data context 4,218 Show data context 4,048 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 667 Show data context 618 Show data context 612 Show data context
Own account workers 873 Show data context 1,435 Show data context 1,811 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 1,019 Show data context 780 Show data context 553 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 456 Show data context 643 Show data context 667 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 2,203 Show data context 2,877 Show data context 2,679 Show data context
Routine occupations 1,337 Show data context 1,651 Show data context 1,941 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 628 Show data context 868 Show data context 1,991 Show data context
Full-time students 1,706 Show data context 1,808 Show data context 1,711 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))

This website exists to help people doing personal research projects on particular areas within a locality. So long as you are using our data for only a small number of units, you are not making money out of what you are doing, and you are not systematically re-publishing our data, you do not need to request permission from us, but you do need to acknowledge us as your source with the wording:

"This work is based on data provided through www.VisionofBritain.org.uk and uses historical material which is copyright of the Great Britain Historical GIS Project and the University of Portsmouth".

Where the above statement is included in a web page or similar online resource, the reference to "www.VisionofBritain.org.uk" must be a working hyperlink.

nCube definition


Total number of persons in employment across all industrial sectors.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Whitley Bay Built-up Area through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | NS Socio-economic Classification (15-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/13514124/cube/NS_SEC_15WAY

Date accessed: 06th June 2026