Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority (UA) : 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 3,530 Show data context 15,283 Show data context 7,510 Show data context
1881 7,237 Show data context 28,479 Show data context 12,077 Show data context
1931 8,387 Show data context 30,325 Show data context 12,619 Show data context
1971 3,930 Show data context 2,284 Show data context 1,674 Show data context 995 Show data context
1981 4,422 Show data context 2,013 Show data context 1,617 Show data context 795 Show data context
1991 4,356 Show data context 1,403 Show data context 1,546 Show data context 167 Show data context
2001 37,995 Show data context 19,995 Show data context 29,953 Show data context 14,947 Show data context
2011 74,792 Show data context 27,333 Show data context 34,375 Show data context 23,149 Show data context
2021 59,476 Show data context 33,547 Show data context 37,651 Show data context 30,945 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, Bath and North East Somerset 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: 03rd June 2026