Socio-Economic Group (males only)

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Socio-Economic Groups 1961 1971
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 12,620 Show data context 1,673 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 24,770 Show data context 3,533 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 3,120 Show data context 412 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 11,720 Show data context 2,018 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 17,400 Show data context 3,084 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 50,030 Show data context 5,461 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 6,220 Show data context 621 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 12,290 Show data context 1,526 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 116,150 Show data context 11,866 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 48,240 Show data context 4,865 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 32,050 Show data context 2,704 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 14,840 Show data context 2,560 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 3,060 Show data context 271 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 2,670 Show data context 187 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 10,220 Show data context 663 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 40,480 Show data context 3,455 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 5,460 Show data context 691 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, Hampshire 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