Wales Country (Dep) through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure

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Grouped Social Class

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Year	Classes 1 & 2	Class 3	Classes 4 & 5	Class not stated
1841	46,752	75,783	82,191
1951	163,838	439,953	318,695
1961	151,115	374,991	259,711
1971	16,632	37,540	21,502	2,365

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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Registrar General's Social Classification regrouped into three categories, combining classes 1 and 2, and classes 4 and 5.

Wales Country (Dep) : Grouped Social Class

Grouped Social Class