Socio-Economic Group (males only)

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Socio-Economic Groups 1961 1971
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 4,080 Show data context 531 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 6,810 Show data context 960 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 860 Show data context 111 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 2,490 Show data context 462 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 3,850 Show data context 617 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 12,250 Show data context 1,430 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 1,000 Show data context 80 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 4,410 Show data context 621 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 52,050 Show data context 4,993 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 16,180 Show data context 1,828 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 8,880 Show data context 992 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 3,940 Show data context 678 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 2,030 Show data context 140 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 1,470 Show data context 119 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 4,230 Show data context 259 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 2,380 Show data context 135 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 1,990 Show data context 139 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, Northamptonshire AdmC through time | Social Structure Statistics | Socio-Economic Group (males only), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 26th April 2024