Socio-Economic Group (males only)

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Socio-Economic Groups 1961 1971
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 7,110 Show data context 457 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 9,610 Show data context 864 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 1,460 Show data context 104 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 3,990 Show data context 391 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 6,910 Show data context 768 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 29,670 Show data context 2,178 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 3,670 Show data context 222 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 7,870 Show data context 617 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 70,020 Show data context 5,178 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 38,380 Show data context 3,004 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 34,400 Show data context 2,338 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 5,920 Show data context 500 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 90 Show data context 4 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 30 Show data context 0 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 540 Show data context 7 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 660 Show data context 40 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 5,340 Show data context 556 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, Liverpool CB/MB through time | Social Structure Statistics | Socio-Economic Group (males only), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 24th April 2024