Socio-Economic Group (males only)

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Socio-Economic Groups 1961 1971
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 880 Show data context 130 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 2,120 Show data context 403 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 380 Show data context 45 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 640 Show data context 140 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 910 Show data context 200 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 3,580 Show data context 417 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 460 Show data context 39 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 900 Show data context 139 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 9,350 Show data context 1,292 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 4,420 Show data context 556 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 3,020 Show data context 290 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 1,250 Show data context 317 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 1,560 Show data context 122 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 940 Show data context 58 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 6,050 Show data context 382 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 5,830 Show data context 450 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 570 Show data context 64 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, West Suffolk AdmC through time | Social Structure Statistics | Socio-Economic Group (males only), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 21st May 2024