Socio-Economic Group (males only)

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Socio-Economic Groups 1961 1971
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 2,390 Show data context 237 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 7,730 Show data context 959 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 890 Show data context 107 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 1,580 Show data context 263 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 3,550 Show data context 472 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 9,660 Show data context 929 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 1,460 Show data context 131 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 1,970 Show data context 249 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 24,000 Show data context 2,609 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 11,900 Show data context 1,127 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 6,730 Show data context 681 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 5,860 Show data context 852 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 4,680 Show data context 335 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 6,230 Show data context 515 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 6,410 Show data context 358 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 4,260 Show data context 453 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 3,230 Show data context 182 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, Cornwall AdmC through time | Social Structure Statistics | Socio-Economic Group (males only), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 26th April 2024