Tunbridge Wells 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 1,464 Show data context 4,937 Show data context 4,756 Show data context
1881 5,710 Show data context 17,906 Show data context 12,615 Show data context
1931 5,154 Show data context 18,603 Show data context 8,057 Show data context
1971 2,312 Show data context 1,123 Show data context 942 Show data context 821 Show data context
1981 2,762 Show data context 1,025 Show data context 1,003 Show data context 483 Show data context
1991 3,012 Show data context 722 Show data context 1,040 Show data context 115 Show data context
2001 25,947 Show data context 13,975 Show data context 16,822 Show data context 5,456 Show data context
2011 54,740 Show data context 20,113 Show data context 20,744 Show data context 8,104 Show data context
2021 39,531 Show data context 22,960 Show data context 20,080 Show data context 9,850 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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nCube definition


Total number of persons in employment across all industrial sectors.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Tunbridge Wells 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