Ballymena 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 265 Show data context 10 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 371 Show data context 802 Show data context 559 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 508 Show data context 3,188 Show data context 1,270 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 1,980 Show data context 1,991 Show data context 2,608 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 856 Show data context 718 Show data context 774 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 598 Show data context 479 Show data context 683 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 1,809 Show data context 2,039 Show data context 2,506 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 446 Show data context 400 Show data context 376 Show data context
Own account workers 594 Show data context 843 Show data context 1,189 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 1,140 Show data context 791 Show data context 740 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 644 Show data context 743 Show data context 886 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 3,352 Show data context 3,993 Show data context 3,460 Show data context
Routine occupations 2,950 Show data context 2,960 Show data context 4,950 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 869 Show data context 1,322 Show data context 2,734 Show data context
Full-time students 1,278 Show data context 1,268 Show data context 1,385 Show data context
Date Source
2001 Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (49 way))
2011 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table QS607UK - NS-SeC)
2021 Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (Flexible Table Builder: "National Statistics Socio-economic Classification" (15 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, Ballymena 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