Wyre Forest District : NS Socio-economic Classification: Totals

NS Socio-economic Classification: Totals

Data cube chart.

Year Occupied Unoccupied
1841 9,835 Show data context
1881 22,846 Show data context
1931 24,745 Show data context
1971 4,269 Show data context 538 Show data context
1981 4,550 Show data context 554 Show data context
1991 4,465 Show data context 108 Show data context
2001 53,573 Show data context 5,227 Show data context
2011 79,718 Show data context 7,273 Show data context
2021 74,160 Show data context 10,440 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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This simple four-way classification of ethnicity can be presented for four recent censuses.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Wyre Forest District 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