Registrar General's Social Class 1951 1961 1971
Class 1 4,650 Show data context 4,880 Show data context 583 Show data context
Class 2 23,488 Show data context 19,218 Show data context 2,104 Show data context
Class 3 100,089 Show data context 91,860 Show data context 7,623 Show data context
Class 4 22,280 Show data context 26,364 Show data context 2,436 Show data context
Class 5 23,499 Show data context 14,568 Show data context 1,165 Show data context
Class not stated 287 Show data context
Date: Source:
1951 1951 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 27 , 'Social Class distribution of Occupied and Retired Males aged 15 and over', for 'AC, MB, UD, RD'
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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