Grouped Social Class

Year	Classes 1 & 2	Class 3	Classes 4 & 5	Class not stated
1841	746,198	2,694,756	1,997,582
1881	1,300,616	3,061,568	2,755,984
1931	1,840,100	6,019,583	4,419,359
1951	2,587,799	7,709,972	4,187,672
1961	2,019,607	5,249,254	3,320,622
1971	3,086,989	6,712,113	3,377,634	448,360
1981	3,516,690	5,971,560	2,791,340
1991	4,408,850	5,497,230	2,603,900
2001	6,297,147	3,602,064	3,401,061

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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