Socio-Economic Group (males only)

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Socio-Economic Groups 1961 1971
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 2,700 Show data context 221 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 4,050 Show data context 350 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 300 Show data context 30 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 1,410 Show data context 125 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 2,900 Show data context 314 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 11,520 Show data context 1,047 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 840 Show data context 77 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 3,880 Show data context 364 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 28,560 Show data context 2,575 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 18,300 Show data context 1,382 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 15,090 Show data context 1,332 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 2,340 Show data context 225 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 10 Show data context 5 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 20 Show data context 4 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 250 Show data context 28 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 430 Show data context 42 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 1,040 Show data context 160 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, Kingston upon Hull CB/MB through time | Social Structure Statistics | Socio-Economic Group (males only), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 06th November 2024