Cambridge District : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 152 Show data context 187 Show data context 252 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 261 Show data context 322 Show data context 381 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 45 Show data context 46 Show data context 69 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 340 Show data context 383 Show data context 516 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 565 Show data context 657 Show data context 726 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 1,080 Show data context 1,009 Show data context 772 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 394 Show data context 387 Show data context 252 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 75 Show data context 100 Show data context 54 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 719 Show data context 697 Show data context 381 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 430 Show data context 467 Show data context 351 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 287 Show data context 304 Show data context 297 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 155 Show data context 196 Show data context 233 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 9 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 4 Show data context 6 Show data context 3 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 14 Show data context 14 Show data context 5 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 12 Show data context 12 Show data context 11 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 541 Show data context 330 Show data context 44 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, Cambridge District through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Socio-Economic Group, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 09th April 2026