Socio-Economic Group (males only)

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Socio-Economic Groups 1961 1971
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 49,260 Show data context 4,740 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 81,630 Show data context 9,755 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 9,770 Show data context 981 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 36,720 Show data context 4,551 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 55,320 Show data context 7,238 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 193,710 Show data context 16,959 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 13,190 Show data context 1,287 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 59,340 Show data context 5,794 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 535,700 Show data context 47,457 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 266,770 Show data context 22,169 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 180,190 Show data context 15,061 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 59,010 Show data context 6,713 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 5,450 Show data context 411 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 7,970 Show data context 595 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 11,290 Show data context 586 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 7,080 Show data context 409 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 25,180 Show data context 2,904 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, Lancashire AdmC through time | Social Structure Statistics | Socio-Economic Group (males only), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 15th June 2024