Vale of White Horse District :
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 214 Show data context 3,292 Show data context 162 Show data context
Higher managerial & administrative occupations 4,619 Show data context 11,659 Show data context 6,735 Show data context
Higher professional occupations 7,002 Show data context 22,350 Show data context 16,864 Show data context
Lower professional & higher technical occupations 10,216 Show data context 14,161 Show data context 17,979 Show data context
Lower managerial & administrative occupations 5,429 Show data context 5,168 Show data context 5,262 Show data context
Higher supervisory occupations 2,933 Show data context 3,021 Show data context 3,258 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 8,321 Show data context 11,440 Show data context 13,523 Show data context
Employers in small organisations 2,090 Show data context 2,024 Show data context 2,220 Show data context
Own account workers 3,833 Show data context 6,140 Show data context 9,385 Show data context
Lower supervisory occupations 4,056 Show data context 3,023 Show data context 2,692 Show data context
Lower technical occupations 1,809 Show data context 2,594 Show data context 3,129 Show data context
Semi-routine occupations 8,017 Show data context 9,511 Show data context 10,089 Show data context
Routine occupations 6,652 Show data context 7,831 Show data context 9,994 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 1,106 Show data context 2,035 Show data context 5,233 Show data context
Full-time students 5,180 Show data context 5,578 Show data context 5,927 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, Vale of White Horse through time | Social Structure Statistics | NS Socio-economic Classification (15-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 05th December 2025