Walsall 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 1,385 Show data context 9,845 Show data context 3,715 Show data context
1881 7,557 Show data context 45,599 Show data context 24,870 Show data context
1931 8,145 Show data context 46,550 Show data context 31,567 Show data context
1971 4,576 Show data context 4,998 Show data context 3,906 Show data context 1,310 Show data context
1981 5,014 Show data context 4,440 Show data context 3,836 Show data context 1,480 Show data context
1991 5,112 Show data context 3,158 Show data context 3,206 Show data context 168 Show data context
2001 34,443 Show data context 24,608 Show data context 64,833 Show data context 19,828 Show data context
2011 73,031 Show data context 38,362 Show data context 78,463 Show data context 32,719 Show data context
2021 52,346 Show data context 44,351 Show data context 82,441 Show data context 43,945 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 population at this Census, and for previous censuses. Where the latter appear, they are for the same area, so if there had been boundary changes they will differ from the population given for the same reporting unit by the previous census.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Walsall 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: 01st June 2026