Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority :
Registrar General's Social Class

Registrar General's Social Class

Data cube chart.

Registrar General's Social Class 1841 1881 1931
Class 1 398 Show data context 878 Show data context 1,612 Show data context
Class 2 5,660 Show data context 9,976 Show data context 12,246 Show data context
Class 3 (Non-manual) 414 Show data context 1,244 Show data context 11,228 Show data context
Class 3 (Manual) 22,658 Show data context 30,817 Show data context 29,557 Show data context
Class 4 14,859 Show data context 15,136 Show data context 12,324 Show data context
Class 5 3,580 Show data context 5,615 Show data context 15,645 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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Occupations of both sexes classified using the Registrar General's Social Classification.


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

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Date accessed: 06th December 2025