England and Wales Country (Dep) : Registrar-General's Social Class (Males only)

Registrar-General's Social Class (Males only)

Data cube chart.

Year Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 5 Class not stated
1841 68,477 Show data context 596,336 Show data context 1,482,019 Show data context 1,140,153 Show data context 367,039 Show data context
1951 510,298 Show data context 2,242,968 Show data context 8,160,810 Show data context 2,490,015 Show data context 2,024,553 Show data context
1961 553,060 Show data context 2,048,209 Show data context 7,064,776 Show data context 2,808,758 Show data context 1,212,598 Show data context
1971 73,208 Show data context 261,963 Show data context 699,770 Show data context 246,470 Show data context 112,184 Show data context 47,201 Show data context
Date Source
1841 1841 Census of Great Britain, Occupations, Table [1] , 'Occupation Abstract'
1951 1951 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 27 , 'Social Class distribution of Occupied and Retired Males aged 15 and over', for 'AC, MB, UD, RD'
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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Male occupations grouped using the Registrar General's Social Classification.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, England and Wales Country (Dep) through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Registrar-General's Social Class (Males only), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 10th April 2026