Wiltshire Unitary Authority (UA) : 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 9,397 Show data context 30,723 Show data context 42,792 Show data context
1881 14,501 Show data context 42,356 Show data context 45,546 Show data context
1931 16,603 Show data context 49,816 Show data context 36,849 Show data context
1971 6,347 Show data context 4,435 Show data context 4,049 Show data context 4,171 Show data context
1981 8,180 Show data context 4,370 Show data context 4,240 Show data context 3,407 Show data context
1991 9,810 Show data context 3,521 Show data context 4,578 Show data context 1,484 Show data context
2001 96,664 Show data context 57,623 Show data context 87,252 Show data context 19,013 Show data context
2011 204,055 Show data context 82,338 Show data context 105,188 Show data context 28,807 Show data context
2021 158,225 Show data context 101,961 Show data context 117,627 Show data context 41,490 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, Wiltshire 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: 03rd June 2026