Barking and Dagenham District : NS Socio-economic Classification (4-way)

NS Socio-economic Classification (4-way)

Data cube chart.

Year Higher managerial, administrative & professional occupations Intermediate occupations Routine & manual occupations Never worked & long-term unemployed
1841 123 Show data context 383 Show data context 510 Show data context
1881 3,901 Show data context 11,720 Show data context 13,382 Show data context
1931 3,761 Show data context 26,347 Show data context 18,027 Show data context
1971 3,263 Show data context 2,843 Show data context 2,822 Show data context 1,302 Show data context
1981 3,108 Show data context 2,489 Show data context 2,525 Show data context 786 Show data context
1991 3,151 Show data context 1,567 Show data context 1,875 Show data context 99 Show data context
2001 21,671 Show data context 19,936 Show data context 36,166 Show data context 14,057 Show data context
2011 45,613 Show data context 28,551 Show data context 44,045 Show data context 28,911 Show data context
2021 36,020 Show data context 37,981 Show data context 48,686 Show data context 39,067 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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From 1991 the census has gathered data on whether or not households had central heating, in at least some of their rooms, and in 2011 this was the only "amenity" data gathered.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Barking and Dagenham 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