Wirral District : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 633 Show data context 1,040 Show data context 587 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 1,290 Show data context 1,189 Show data context 1,224 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 140 Show data context 126 Show data context 126 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 563 Show data context 550 Show data context 551 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 1,495 Show data context 1,912 Show data context 2,278 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 4,223 Show data context 3,589 Show data context 3,037 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 905 Show data context 945 Show data context 639 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 483 Show data context 503 Show data context 262 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 3,134 Show data context 2,894 Show data context 1,728 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 2,287 Show data context 2,429 Show data context 1,692 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 1,395 Show data context 1,231 Show data context 817 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 512 Show data context 516 Show data context 735 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 25 Show data context 11 Show data context 8 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 16 Show data context 10 Show data context 4 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 44 Show data context 39 Show data context 26 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 46 Show data context 65 Show data context 43 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 1,854 Show data context 1,370 Show data context 134 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.


How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10057115/cube/SEG

Date accessed: 09th April 2026