Socio-Economic Group (males only)

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Socio-Economic Groups 1961 1971
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 2,760 Show data context 398 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 5,370 Show data context 861 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 1,090 Show data context 123 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 3,770 Show data context 583 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 3,420 Show data context 712 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 10,450 Show data context 1,227 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 1,540 Show data context 197 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 2,530 Show data context 309 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 26,290 Show data context 2,605 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 14,300 Show data context 1,566 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 6,980 Show data context 667 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 3,250 Show data context 552 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 1,420 Show data context 132 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 1,030 Show data context 92 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 3,810 Show data context 250 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 5,550 Show data context 834 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 2,580 Show data context 194 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, Oxfordshire AdmC through time | Social Structure Statistics | Socio-Economic Group (males only), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 23rd April 2024