Registrar General's Social Class 1951 1961 1971
Class 1 1,015 Show data context 780 Show data context 153 Show data context
Class 2 4,104 Show data context 3,329 Show data context 482 Show data context
Class 3 14,539 Show data context 12,638 Show data context 1,308 Show data context
Class 4 2,868 Show data context 3,721 Show data context 414 Show data context
Class 5 3,172 Show data context 2,202 Show data context 201 Show data context
Class not stated 69 Show data context
Date: Source:
1951 1951 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 27 , 'Social Class distribution of Occupied and Retired Males aged 15 and over', for 'AC, MB, UD, RD'
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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