Fleet 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 54 Show data context 1,042 Show data context 28 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 1,933 Show data context 3,749 Show data context 2,567 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 2,510 Show data context 6,858 Show data context 4,549 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 3,146 Show data context 4,259 Show data context 5,285 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 1,926 Show data context 1,693 Show data context 1,686 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 1,026 Show data context 906 Show data context 1,006 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 2,588 Show data context 3,610 Show data context 3,815 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 452 Show data context 472 Show data context 569 Show data context
Own account workers 1,121 Show data context 1,685 Show data context 2,577 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 859 Show data context 718 Show data context 591 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 311 Show data context 554 Show data context 602 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 1,876 Show data context 2,305 Show data context 2,603 Show data context
Routine occupations 982 Show data context 1,200 Show data context 1,727 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 190 Show data context 442 Show data context 1,215 Show data context
Full-time students 1,095 Show data context 1,378 Show data context 1,481 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, Fleet 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