Wirral 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 870 Show data context 3,263 Show data context 2,972 Show data context
1881 9,300 Show data context 26,071 Show data context 12,299 Show data context
1931 21,132 Show data context 73,881 Show data context 37,267 Show data context
1971 8,344 Show data context 4,522 Show data context 4,219 Show data context 1,960 Show data context
1981 8,406 Show data context 4,342 Show data context 4,187 Show data context 1,484 Show data context
1991 7,803 Show data context 2,629 Show data context 3,252 Show data context 207 Show data context
2001 54,151 Show data context 31,448 Show data context 61,338 Show data context 22,962 Show data context
2011 118,661 Show data context 49,849 Show data context 81,001 Show data context 30,191 Show data context
2021 84,922 Show data context 57,178 Show data context 80,424 Show data context 39,519 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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Total deaths. We include here expected counts calculated from age-specific national mortality rates and census data on local age structures.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Wirral 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