England and Wales Dep through time | Social Structure Statistics

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Year	Class 1	Class 2	Class 3	Class 4	Class 5	Class not stated
1841	68,477	596,336	1,482,019	1,140,153	367,039
1951	510,298	2,242,968	8,160,810	2,490,015	2,024,553
1961	553,060	2,048,209	7,064,776	2,808,758	1,212,598
1971	73,208	261,963	699,770	246,470	112,184	47,201

Date:	Source:
1841	1841 Census of Great Britain, Occupations, Table [1] , 'Occupation Abstract'
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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Occupational Data from various dates classified into the Registrar General's Social Classification.

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