Great Britain Country (Dep) : 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 877,681 Show data context 3,418,938 Show data context 2,515,014 Show data context
1881 3,220,886 Show data context 10,846,447 Show data context 6,709,732 Show data context
1931 2,873,893 Show data context 11,542,150 Show data context 6,638,545 Show data context
1971 1,134,744 Show data context 803,818 Show data context 681,784 Show data context 396,782 Show data context
1981 1,276,953 Show data context 740,856 Show data context 680,996 Show data context 310,268 Show data context
1991 1,343,161 Show data context 501,572 Show data context 594,515 Show data context 72,892 Show data context
2001 11,075,536 Show data context 6,722,094 Show data context 11,624,019 Show data context 4,475,156 Show data context
2011 23,313,000 Show data context 9,920,867 Show data context 14,668,990 Show data context 6,568,216 Show data context
2021 17,530,803 Show data context 11,582,448 Show data context 15,445,716 Show data context 8,557,125 Show data context
Date Source
1841 - 2021 Great Britain Historical GIS Project

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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, Great Britain Country (Dep) 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