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 3,238 Show data context 43,514 Show data context 75,783 Show data context 59,351 Show data context 22,840 Show data context
1951 24,454 Show data context 139,384 Show data context 439,953 Show data context 190,028 Show data context 128,667 Show data context
1961 26,960 Show data context 124,155 Show data context 374,991 Show data context 179,850 Show data context 79,861 Show data context
1971 3,049 Show data context 13,583 Show data context 37,540 Show data context 13,781 Show data context 7,721 Show data context 2,365 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, 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: 31st May 2026