Wokingham Unitary Authority (UA) : 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 563 Show data context 2,028 Show data context 2,415 Show data context
1881 3,592 Show data context 13,773 Show data context 7,492 Show data context
1931 2,030 Show data context 7,553 Show data context 3,704 Show data context
1971 2,724 Show data context 1,051 Show data context 767 Show data context 670 Show data context
1981 3,833 Show data context 1,040 Show data context 837 Show data context 462 Show data context
1991 5,245 Show data context 920 Show data context 1,046 Show data context 146 Show data context
2001 47,770 Show data context 20,894 Show data context 19,030 Show data context 9,338 Show data context
2011 84,734 Show data context 26,350 Show data context 21,791 Show data context 10,589 Show data context
2021 68,706 Show data context 31,518 Show data context 24,775 Show data context 15,765 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, Wokingham Unitary Authority (UA) 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