Cotswold District :
Registrar General's Social Class

Registrar General's Social Class

Data cube chart.

Registrar General's Social Class 1841 1881 1931
Class 1 355 Show data context 646 Show data context 300 Show data context
Class 2 3,686 Show data context 4,538 Show data context 3,615 Show data context
Class 3 (Non-manual) 154 Show data context 768 Show data context 1,860 Show data context
Class 3 (Manual) 14,168 Show data context 15,823 Show data context 8,743 Show data context
Class 4 12,443 Show data context 13,460 Show data context 5,273 Show data context
Class 5 2,423 Show data context 2,790 Show data context 2,634 Show data context
Date Source
1841 [ERROR: authority is ''SRC'' but auth_note value of does not appear in SRC_TAB]
1881 Great Britain Historical GIS Project Computed from 1881 microdata
1931 1931 Census of England and Wales, Occupations, Table 17 , 'Occupations (condensed list) of Males and Females, showing also the total Operatives and the total Out of Work'

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nCube definition


Occupations of both sexes classified using the Registrar General's Social Classification.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Cotswold through time | Social Structure Statistics | Registrar General's Social Class, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10197223/cube/RGSOC_DIV

Date accessed: 17th November 2025