Dataset population: Persons aged 16 to 64

Approximated social grade

Social Grade is the socio-economic classification used by the Market Research and Marketing Industries, most often in the analysis of spending habits and consumer attitudes. Although it is not possible to allocate Social Grade precisely from information collected by the 2011 Census, the Market Research Society has developed a method for using Census information to provide a good approximation of Social Grade.

Sex and approximated social grade by age. Census Area Statistics Table CAS066 Source: Census 2001 Publisher: Nomis Geographies: Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA), Local Authority District (LAD), Government Office Region (GOR), National, Parliamentary Constituency, Urban area Geographic coverage: England and Wales Time coverage: 2001 Type of data: Survey (census)

Dataset population: Household Reference Persons aged 16 to 64 in households

Approximated social grade of HRP

Social Grade is the socio-economic classification used by the Market Research and Marketing Industries, most often in the analysis of spending habits and consumer attitudes. Although it is not possible to allocate Social Grade precisely from information collected by the 2011 Census, the Market Research Society has developed a method for using Census information to provide a good approximation of Social Grade.

The concept of a Household Reference Person (HRP) was introduced in the 2001 Census (in common with other government surveys in 2001/2) to replace the traditional concept of the 'head of the household'. HRPs provide an individual person within a household to act as a reference point for producing further derived statistics and for characterising a whole household according to characteristics of the chosen reference person.

Detailed characteristics tables focusing on approximated social grade - these cross tabulations of two or more topics from the 2011 Census provide the greatest level of detail possible for wards. Social grade is a socio-economic classification used by market research industries to analyse spending habits and consumer attitudes.

The 2021 Census 'Approximated Social Grade' tables are a set of multi-variate cross-tabulations that provide ‘an estimation of the financial and social situation of usual residents in households and how this differs by age and sex, and ethnic group’. This file lists and links to Approximated Social Grade tables currently available, with data extracted for Camden and statistical geographies (where available), and with Greater London and England comparisons (12 tables).

This dataset provides 2011 Census estimates that classify Household Reference Persons aged 16 to 64 living in households by approximated social grade, for the UK, constituent countries and, within England, regions, counties, London boroughs, metropolitan districts, unitary authorities and non-metropolitan districts, unitary authorities within Wales, council areas within Scotland, and local government districts within Northern Ireland. The estimates are as at census day, 27 March 2011. Social grade is a socio-economic classification used by market research industries to analyse spending habits and consumer attitudes.Orignal dataset can be found here.

Social grade is the socio-economic classification used by the market research and marketing industries, most often in the analysis of spending habits and consumer attitudes. Source: Census 2001 Publisher: Neighbourhood Statistics Geographies: Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA), Ward, Local Authority District (LAD), Government Office Region (GOR), National Geographic coverage: England and Wales Time coverage: 2001 Type of data: Survey (census) Notes: Social Grade is the socio-economic classification used by the Market Research and Marketing Industries, most often in the analysis of spending habits and consumer attitudes.

Dataset population: Persons aged 16 to 64 in households

Age

Age is derived from the date of birth question and is a person's age at their last birthday, at 27 March 2011. Dates of birth that imply an age over 115 are treated as invalid and the person's age is imputed. Infants less than one year old are classified as 0 years of age.

Approximated social grade

Social Grade is the socio-economic classification used by the Market Research and Marketing Industries, most often in the analysis of spending habits and consumer attitudes. Although it is not possible to allocate Social Grade precisely from information collected by the 2011 Census, the Market Research Society has developed a method for using Census information to provide a good approximation of Social Grade.

Sex

The classification of a person as either male or female.

This statistic presents the share of regular gamblers that increased their gambling spends during and post the major phases of the COVID-19 containment measures in the United Kingdom (UK) by NRS social grade.

The NRS social grades are a system of demographic classification used in the United Kingdom. The grades are grouped here into AB, C1, C2 and DE.

This data shows substantial social grade dependent variability with ** percent of respondents within the social grade group AB reporting an increase in gambling spends during lockdown compared to only ten percent of respondents within the social grade groups C1 and C2.

Definition of social grade in the UK.

This statistic shows the results of a representative survey of the British Public in relation to the English Premier League, presenting the gender distribution of British Adults that watch Premier League football matches, by frequency and NRS social grade.

The NRS social grades are a system of demographic classification used in the United Kingdom. The grades are grouped here into ABC1 and C2DE; these are taken to equate to middle class and working class, respectively.

Within both ABC1 and C2DE social grade categories, the largest of share of respondents indicated that they never watch English Premier League football matches, with ** and ** percent respectively.

Age of Household Reference Person (HRP) and dependent children by approximated social grade. Census Area Statistics Table CAS067 Source: Census 2001 Publisher: Nomis Geographies: Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA), Local Authority District (LAD), Government Office Region (GOR), National, Parliamentary Constituency, Urban area Geographic coverage: England and Wales Time coverage: 2001 Type of data: Survey (census)

Over the period from 2010 to 2020, profile creation increased among all socio-economic group. During the survey in 2020, it was revealed that 83 percent of responding individuals from social grade C1 reported setting up their personal profile on a social networking platform.

This dataset provides Census 2022 estimates for National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SeC) of people aged 16 and over by sex by age (in 16 categories) in Scotland.

Age

A person's age on Census Day, 20 March 2022. Infants aged under 1 year are classified as 0 years of age.

Sex

This is the sex recorded by the person completing the census. The options were "Female" and "Male". Guidance on answering the question can be found here

National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SeC)

The National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SeC) provides an indication of socio-economic position based on occupation.

To assign a person aged 16 and over to an NS-SeC category their occupation title is combined with information about their employment status, whether they are employed or self-employed and whether or not they supervise other employees. Full-time students are recorded in the ‘full-time students' category regardless of whether they are economically active or not.

Find out more about the National Statistics Socio-economic classification on the ONS website.

Details of classification can be found here

The quality assurance report can be found here

This statistic displays the internet penetration in Great Britain (GB) across gender and social grade (socio-economic group) as of February 2019. During the survey period, it was reported that 95 percent of responding females in social grade AB were internet users. Similarly, 97 percent of males in the same social grade accessed the internet. Overall, the internet penetration was at 92 and 89 percent among males and females, respectively.

2011 Census cross-tabulations from within the LABOUR MARKET topic. Tables provided for Camden, Greater London and England & Wales. Includes National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC), Economic Activity, Industry, Occupation, Former Occupation, Hours Worked, industry, Former Industry, Last Year Worked, Approximated Social Grade, Home Worker. THIS IS A ZIP file. Download to your computer, unzip (extract) the Excel files contained in order to access the Index file.

A 2024 survey among internet users in the United Kingdom (UK) found that users belonging to the socio-economic group C1 (lower middle class) accounted for ** percent of medium online users, who used the internet for **** to ***** types of online activities.

This statistic presents the perspective of British adults on the societal impact of the achievements of ParalympicsGB athletes in Great Britain. Responses have subsequently been categorized by the NRS social grade of the respondent.

The NRS social grades are a system of demographic classification used in the United Kingdom. The grades are grouped here into AB, C1, C2, and DE; these are taken to equate to upper middle class, lower middle class, skilled working class, working (and non-working) class, respectively.

When presented with two opposing statements, the largest share of respondents within each social grade indicated that their opinion more closely aligned with the statement that the achievements of ParalympicsGB athletes have a positive impact on society overall. Within each of the AB and C1 social grade groups the share of respondents that indicated as such was ** percent, however, within the C2 and DE social grade groups the share of respondents that indicated as such was ** percent and ** percent respectively.

As of 2023, ** percent of people in the UK classed as the highest social grade, AB, cycled every week, with this group consisting of people in upper managerial positions. Meanwhile, the cycling participation rate among people classed as DE was ** percent.

A survey conducted in Great Britain in March 2025 found that 5 percent of C2DE respondents (those part of lower social or economic groups) had not read any books in the three months running to the survey, 17 percent higher than ABC1 respondents. C2DE respondents were also more likely to say that they never read books at all.