Wigan District : NS Socio-economic Classification (4-way)

NS Socio-economic Classification (4-way)

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Year Higher managerial, administrative & professional occupations Intermediate occupations Routine & manual occupations Never worked & long-term unemployed
1841 1,285 Show data context 5,765 Show data context 6,709 Show data context
1881 9,743 Show data context 58,779 Show data context 35,186 Show data context
1931 11,802 Show data context 70,815 Show data context 51,395 Show data context
1971 4,763 Show data context 5,337 Show data context 5,076 Show data context 1,707 Show data context
1981 5,726 Show data context 4,886 Show data context 5,047 Show data context 1,125 Show data context
1991 6,375 Show data context 3,405 Show data context 3,842 Show data context 167 Show data context
2001 46,537 Show data context 33,410 Show data context 76,876 Show data context 17,024 Show data context
2011 104,749 Show data context 51,706 Show data context 97,730 Show data context 26,473 Show data context
2021 75,275 Show data context 58,356 Show data context 95,815 Show data context 39,323 Show data context
Date Source
1841 [ERROR: authority is ''SRC'' but auth_note value of does not appear in SRC_TAB]
1881 Great Britain Historical GIS Project Computed from 1881 microdata
1931 1931 Census of England and Wales, Occupations, Table 17 , 'Occupations (condensed list) of Males and Females, showing also the total Operatives and the total Out of Work'
1971 UK Data Service, Census 1971 data (Table SAS23: "SEG and economic position (10% Sample): Economically Active residents")
1981 UK Data Service, Census 1981 data (SAS50: "Socio-Economic group and economic positions (10% Sample): Economically active residents")
1991 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table S92 "SEG and economic position (10% sample): Economically active residents)
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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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Wigan District through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | NS Socio-economic Classification (4-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 03rd June 2026