Ribble Valley District : Registrar General's Social Class

Registrar General's Social Class

Data cube chart.

Registrar General's Social Class 1841 1881 1931
Class 1 202 Show data context 563 Show data context 323 Show data context
Class 2 3,572 Show data context 8,150 Show data context 3,680 Show data context
Class 3 (Non-manual) 163 Show data context 1,005 Show data context 1,709 Show data context
Class 3 (Manual) 15,959 Show data context 19,890 Show data context 10,002 Show data context
Class 4 15,070 Show data context 43,963 Show data context 3,757 Show data context
Class 5 2,029 Show data context 3,265 Show data context 2,281 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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nCube definition


Occupations of both sexes classified using the Registrar General's Social Classification.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Ribble Valley 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