Blackburn With Darwen 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 1,134 Show data context 6,507 Show data context 8,596 Show data context
1881 8,825 Show data context 29,556 Show data context 67,071 Show data context
1931 9,915 Show data context 68,174 Show data context 24,458 Show data context
1971 2,396 Show data context 2,545 Show data context 2,402 Show data context 1,101 Show data context
1981 2,555 Show data context 2,268 Show data context 2,283 Show data context 859 Show data context
1991 2,520 Show data context 1,438 Show data context 1,667 Show data context 103 Show data context
2001 18,264 Show data context 13,265 Show data context 31,774 Show data context 13,469 Show data context
2011 39,819 Show data context 21,265 Show data context 39,631 Show data context 20,064 Show data context
2021 28,242 Show data context 24,638 Show data context 39,212 Show data context 27,356 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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Age and sex structure data in single years under age 5, as published in official reports.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Blackburn With Darwen 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: 02nd June 2026