Braintree District : 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 2,097 Show data context 6,525 Show data context 8,695 Show data context
1881 3,476 Show data context 15,458 Show data context 12,253 Show data context
1931 3,680 Show data context 12,550 Show data context 9,624 Show data context
1971 1,916 Show data context 1,300 Show data context 1,137 Show data context 835 Show data context
1981 2,634 Show data context 1,439 Show data context 1,344 Show data context 610 Show data context
1991 3,197 Show data context 1,072 Show data context 1,479 Show data context 162 Show data context
2001 27,668 Show data context 18,378 Show data context 28,087 Show data context 5,758 Show data context
2011 57,454 Show data context 27,709 Show data context 35,473 Show data context 9,509 Show data context
2021 42,353 Show data context 32,137 Show data context 38,332 Show data context 13,732 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, Braintree 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