Thurrock 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 557 Show data context 1,734 Show data context 2,312 Show data context
1881 841 Show data context 2,465 Show data context 4,397 Show data context
1931 3,385 Show data context 12,213 Show data context 10,647 Show data context
1971 2,392 Show data context 2,023 Show data context 1,781 Show data context 789 Show data context
1981 2,712 Show data context 1,886 Show data context 1,702 Show data context 531 Show data context
1991 3,123 Show data context 1,419 Show data context 1,615 Show data context 81 Show data context
2001 24,151 Show data context 19,185 Show data context 35,572 Show data context 7,459 Show data context
2011 50,654 Show data context 28,073 Show data context 43,548 Show data context 13,300 Show data context
2021 37,228 Show data context 32,670 Show data context 46,209 Show data context 20,259 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, Thurrock 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: 09th April 2026