Downpatrick Built-up Area : NS Socio-economic Classification (4-way)

NS Socio-economic Classification (4-way)

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NS Socio-economic Classfication (4 way) 2001 2011 2021
Higher managerial, administrative & professional occupations 1,608 Show data context 2,795 Show data context 2,450 Show data context
Intermediate occupations 1,198 Show data context 1,222 Show data context 1,755 Show data context
Routine & manual occupations 2,322 Show data context 2,035 Show data context 2,828 Show data context
Never worked & long-term unemployed 1,047 Show data context 1,080 Show data context 1,962 Show data context
Date Source
2001 Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (49 way))
2011 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table QS607UK - NS-SeC)
2021 Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (Flexible Table Builder: "National Statistics Socio-economic Classification" (15 way))

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The 1831 census provides information, down to parish-level, on the occupations of males aged over 20 using nine categories. Here we reorganise this information to provide a crude measure of social status, based more on contemporary ideas than on modern definitions of social class: "middling sorts" combines small farmers not employing labourers with both masters and skilled workers in urban manufacturing and handicrafts.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Downpatrick Built-up Area 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