Chorley 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 1,692 Show data context 8,725 Show data context 9,456 Show data context
1881 4,323 Show data context 11,682 Show data context 20,777 Show data context
1931 3,899 Show data context 19,879 Show data context 10,770 Show data context
1971 1,473 Show data context 1,342 Show data context 1,180 Show data context 609 Show data context
1981 2,137 Show data context 1,344 Show data context 1,291 Show data context 352 Show data context
1991 2,669 Show data context 913 Show data context 1,069 Show data context 79 Show data context
2001 20,868 Show data context 12,551 Show data context 22,193 Show data context 5,642 Show data context
2011 45,279 Show data context 18,670 Show data context 26,711 Show data context 7,581 Show data context
2021 34,951 Show data context 21,947 Show data context 28,354 Show data context 11,166 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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Number of persons entitled and registered to vote.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Chorley 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: 04th June 2026