Brighton and Hove Unitary Authority (UA) : Registrar General's Social Class

Registrar General's Social Class

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Registrar General's Social Class 1841 1881 1931
Class 1 386 Show data context 1,805 Show data context 2,793 Show data context
Class 2 2,469 Show data context 8,965 Show data context 14,754 Show data context
Class 3 (Non-manual) 132 Show data context 2,060 Show data context 19,909 Show data context
Class 3 (Manual) 11,355 Show data context 32,565 Show data context 39,776 Show data context
Class 4 2,463 Show data context 7,594 Show data context 10,354 Show data context
Class 5 1,909 Show data context 4,325 Show data context 10,949 Show data context
Date Source
1841 [ERROR: authority is ''SRC'' but auth_note value of does not appear in SRC_TAB]
1881 Great Britain Historical GIS Project Computed from 1881 microdata
1931 1931 Census of England and Wales, Occupations, Table 17 , 'Occupations (condensed list) of Males and Females, showing also the total Operatives and the total Out of Work'

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Numbers of the two sexes tend to be balanced. Military bases led to higher proportions of men, while large numbers of domestic servants created concentrations of women.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Brighton and Hove Unitary Authority (UA) through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Registrar General's Social Class, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 10th April 2026