East Suffolk 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 3,719 Show data context 11,293 Show data context 14,137 Show data context
1881 6,395 Show data context 19,508 Show data context 17,010 Show data context
1931 10,399 Show data context 31,579 Show data context 21,603 Show data context
1971 3,369 Show data context 2,471 Show data context 2,256 Show data context 2,135 Show data context
1981 4,137 Show data context 2,512 Show data context 2,409 Show data context 1,386 Show data context
1991 4,780 Show data context 2,026 Show data context 2,342 Show data context 571 Show data context
2001 37,666 Show data context 26,349 Show data context 49,311 Show data context 11,298 Show data context
2011 86,392 Show data context 41,302 Show data context 62,692 Show data context 15,324 Show data context
2021 65,060 Show data context 50,677 Show data context 68,037 Show data context 23,002 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, East Suffolk 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: 05th June 2026