Northumberland Unitary Authority (UA) : 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 7,449 Show data context 33,950 Show data context 21,572 Show data context
1881 11,244 Show data context 52,864 Show data context 24,476 Show data context
1931 14,651 Show data context 52,967 Show data context 42,340 Show data context
1971 4,848 Show data context 5,024 Show data context 3,135 Show data context 2,168 Show data context
1981 6,208 Show data context 4,589 Show data context 3,673 Show data context 1,681 Show data context
1991 6,731 Show data context 2,780 Show data context 3,455 Show data context 610 Show data context
2001 53,474 Show data context 36,218 Show data context 68,934 Show data context 18,959 Show data context
2011 120,530 Show data context 53,385 Show data context 85,004 Show data context 24,005 Show data context
2021 85,844 Show data context 60,828 Show data context 85,118 Show data context 37,065 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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Total households, as defined by the relevant census.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Northumberland 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: 04th June 2026