Wigan District : Registrar General's Social Class

Registrar General's Social Class

Data cube chart.

Registrar General's Social Class 1841 1881 1931
Class 1 87 Show data context 785 Show data context 975 Show data context
Class 2 1,198 Show data context 8,958 Show data context 10,827 Show data context
Class 3 (Non-manual) 67 Show data context 1,365 Show data context 10,428 Show data context
Class 3 (Manual) 5,698 Show data context 57,414 Show data context 60,387 Show data context
Class 4 5,807 Show data context 30,442 Show data context 34,720 Show data context
Class 5 902 Show data context 4,744 Show data context 16,675 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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Occupations of both sexes classified using the Registrar General's Social Classification.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Wigan District through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Registrar General's Social Class, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 09th April 2026