Socio-Economic Group (males only)

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Socio-Economic Groups 1961 1971
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 1,110 Show data context 145 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 2,730 Show data context 336 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 530 Show data context 54 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 710 Show data context 163 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 1,310 Show data context 244 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 4,160 Show data context 431 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 110 Show data context 30 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 1,350 Show data context 192 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 14,020 Show data context 1,486 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 6,890 Show data context 721 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 5,750 Show data context 596 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 1,600 Show data context 225 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 870 Show data context 64 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 1,310 Show data context 103 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 1,190 Show data context 61 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 1,180 Show data context 99 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 1,580 Show data context 86 Show data context
Date: Source:
1961 1961 Census of England and Wales, Occupations County Leaflets, Table 5 , 'Socio-economic Group (Numbers and Proportions) of Economically Active Males and Economically Inactive Males (stating an occupation)', for 'AC, LAA, County Aggregates, Con, NT (10% sample)'
1971 Census of Population

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Occupational Data classified by Socio-Economic Group. This structure was used by the 1961 census.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Flintshire AdmC through time | Social Structure Statistics | Socio-Economic Group (males only), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 30th April 2024