Aberdeenshire Council : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 110 Show data context 283 Show data context 369 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 469 Show data context 650 Show data context 1,023 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 53 Show data context 46 Show data context 82 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 83 Show data context 257 Show data context 366 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 469 Show data context 849 Show data context 1,342 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 912 Show data context 1,534 Show data context 1,857 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 496 Show data context 508 Show data context 534 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 98 Show data context 213 Show data context 291 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 1,192 Show data context 1,631 Show data context 1,520 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 1,010 Show data context 1,050 Show data context 1,073 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 518 Show data context 574 Show data context 686 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 215 Show data context 339 Show data context 494 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 394 Show data context 304 Show data context 138 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 408 Show data context 342 Show data context 236 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 768 Show data context 485 Show data context 289 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 84 Show data context 107 Show data context 72 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 599 Show data context 423 Show data context 96 Show data context
Date Source
1971 UK Data Service, Census 1971 data (Table SAS23: "SEG and economic position (10% Sample): Economically Active residents")
1981 UK Data Service, Census 1981 data (SAS50: "Socio-Economic group and economic positions (10% Sample): Economically active residents")
1991 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table S92 "SEG and economic position (10% sample): Economically active residents)

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Occupations of both sexes classified into Socio-Economic Groups. This structure was used by the censuses between 1961 and 1991.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Aberdeenshire Council through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Socio-Economic Group, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 09th April 2026