Socio-Economic Group (males only)

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Socio-Economic Groups 1961 1971
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 4,740 Show data context 564 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 9,600 Show data context 1,420 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 1,450 Show data context 154 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 3,030 Show data context 447 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 4,870 Show data context 800 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 18,400 Show data context 1,804 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 1,550 Show data context 193 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 3,620 Show data context 530 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 46,370 Show data context 4,979 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 17,610 Show data context 1,967 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 13,380 Show data context 1,226 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 6,820 Show data context 1,007 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 6,050 Show data context 399 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 3,820 Show data context 343 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 22,780 Show data context 1,423 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 11,400 Show data context 535 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 2,740 Show data context 260 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, Norfolk 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