Socio-Economic Group (males only)

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Socio-Economic Groups 1961 1971
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 220 Show data context 70 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 370 Show data context 95 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 30 Show data context 6 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 220 Show data context 73 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 280 Show data context 99 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 870 Show data context 146 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 130 Show data context 5 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 370 Show data context 68 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 3,080 Show data context 466 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 1,190 Show data context 175 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 780 Show data context 80 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 270 Show data context 52 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 200 Show data context 10 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 100 Show data context 16 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 480 Show data context 28 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 1,130 Show data context 60 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 190 Show data context 15 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, Highworth RD through time | Social Structure Statistics | Socio-Economic Group (males only), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 31st October 2024