Warrington Unitary Authority (UA) : Registrar General's Social Class

Registrar General's Social Class

Data cube chart.

Registrar General's Social Class 1841 1881 1931
Class 1 125 Show data context 613 Show data context 580 Show data context
Class 2 1,372 Show data context 6,788 Show data context 5,144 Show data context
Class 3 (Non-manual) 108 Show data context 1,035 Show data context 6,528 Show data context
Class 3 (Manual) 6,839 Show data context 27,608 Show data context 22,269 Show data context
Class 4 4,507 Show data context 18,670 Show data context 9,728 Show data context
Class 5 1,542 Show data context 6,351 Show data context 13,246 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'

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nCube definition


Occupations of both sexes classified using the Registrar General's Social Classification.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Warrington Unitary Authority (UA) through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Registrar General's Social Class, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 11th February 2026