Canterbury District : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 181 Show data context 231 Show data context 224 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 450 Show data context 635 Show data context 613 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 48 Show data context 51 Show data context 60 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 187 Show data context 198 Show data context 193 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 530 Show data context 742 Show data context 804 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 1,213 Show data context 1,226 Show data context 1,110 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 359 Show data context 340 Show data context 237 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 112 Show data context 121 Show data context 88 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 927 Show data context 865 Show data context 552 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 479 Show data context 524 Show data context 449 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 328 Show data context 284 Show data context 294 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 284 Show data context 326 Show data context 476 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 34 Show data context 30 Show data context 23 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 25 Show data context 19 Show data context 7 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 123 Show data context 128 Show data context 82 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 23 Show data context 33 Show data context 28 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 753 Show data context 573 Show data context 60 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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nCube definition


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, Canterbury District through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Socio-Economic Group, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10056469/cube/SEG

Date accessed: 09th April 2026