Grouped Social Class

Year	Classes 1 & 2	Class 3	Classes 4 & 5	Class not stated
1841	60,587	178,365	129,330
1881	97,909	212,894	162,813
1931	138,466	411,047	323,242
1951	163,830	439,971	318,516
1961	146,342	365,023	258,617
1971	162,894	380,811	214,082	23,650
1981	178,970	345,340	179,910
1991	211,760	306,120	162,040
2001	287,669	223,267	214,013

Date:	Source:
1841 - 2001	Census of Population
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)'

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