Socio-Economic Group (males only)

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Socio-Economic Groups 1961 1971
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 2,780 Show data context 268 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 5,800 Show data context 863 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 850 Show data context 97 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 1,980 Show data context 358 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 3,890 Show data context 548 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 11,390 Show data context 1,160 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 890 Show data context 101 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 2,880 Show data context 350 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 30,070 Show data context 3,188 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 13,850 Show data context 1,501 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 7,930 Show data context 784 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 3,930 Show data context 528 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 3,200 Show data context 203 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 1,720 Show data context 117 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 8,700 Show data context 532 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 5,950 Show data context 583 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 1,180 Show data context 156 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, East Suffolk 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