Essex Modern (post-1974) County : NS Socio-economic Classification: Totals

NS Socio-economic Classification: Totals

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Year Occupied Unoccupied
1841 103,608 Show data context
1881 183,457 Show data context
1931 198,084 Show data context
1971 51,189 Show data context 8,050 Show data context
1981 59,019 Show data context 6,319 Show data context
1991 58,705 Show data context 1,349 Show data context
2001 706,160 Show data context 68,023 Show data context
2011 1,129,477 Show data context 105,217 Show data context
2021 1,071,769 Show data context 152,306 Show data context
Date Source
1841 - 2021 Great Britain Historical GIS Project

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The full National Statistics Socio-cconomic Classification includes classes for persons of working age who were outside the workforce, i.e. those who have never worked, the long-term unemployed and full-time students, who are included here as a separate sub-total and should be excluded in the calculation of rates.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Essex Modern (post-1974) County through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | NS Socio-economic Classification: Totals, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 03rd June 2026