Trafford 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 1,601 Show data context 7,963 Show data context 6,893 Show data context
1881 21,355 Show data context 63,872 Show data context 49,724 Show data context
1931 13,852 Show data context 44,976 Show data context 17,679 Show data context
1971 6,092 Show data context 3,107 Show data context 2,436 Show data context 1,316 Show data context
1981 6,559 Show data context 2,757 Show data context 2,443 Show data context 853 Show data context
1991 6,100 Show data context 1,774 Show data context 1,853 Show data context 135 Show data context
2001 49,359 Show data context 26,404 Show data context 35,026 Show data context 13,864 Show data context
2011 100,933 Show data context 38,322 Show data context 42,810 Show data context 19,512 Show data context
2021 78,393 Show data context 40,548 Show data context 41,062 Show data context 26,116 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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nCube definition


Total households, as defined by the relevant census.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Trafford 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