Socio-Economic Group (males only)

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Socio-Economic Groups 1961 1971
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 4,700 Show data context 592 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 10,470 Show data context 1,528 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 1,270 Show data context 177 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 3,780 Show data context 682 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 5,250 Show data context 868 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 14,040 Show data context 1,759 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 1,480 Show data context 161 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 2,550 Show data context 410 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 30,000 Show data context 3,043 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 11,110 Show data context 1,244 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 6,720 Show data context 646 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 5,720 Show data context 918 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 1,790 Show data context 151 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 1,200 Show data context 91 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 5,270 Show data context 409 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 2,050 Show data context 190 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 2,860 Show data context 160 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, West Sussex AdmC through time | Social Structure Statistics | Socio-Economic Group (males only), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 27th April 2024