St Helens 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 913 Show data context 4,086 Show data context 4,211 Show data context
1881 4,411 Show data context 27,051 Show data context 10,039 Show data context
1931 6,258 Show data context 33,264 Show data context 29,042 Show data context
1971 3,261 Show data context 3,463 Show data context 2,620 Show data context 1,073 Show data context
1981 3,703 Show data context 3,241 Show data context 2,486 Show data context 916 Show data context
1991 3,779 Show data context 2,062 Show data context 1,927 Show data context 116 Show data context
2001 26,677 Show data context 17,410 Show data context 41,448 Show data context 13,200 Show data context
2011 58,561 Show data context 26,102 Show data context 52,940 Show data context 16,647 Show data context
2021 42,572 Show data context 30,351 Show data context 54,240 Show data context 23,509 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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Deaths under 12 months, grouped into non-additive categories. Total deaths under 12 months was reported at much earlier dates than the more specific groups.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, St Helens 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