Tower Hamlets District : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 91 Show data context 117 Show data context 160 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 313 Show data context 326 Show data context 439 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 13 Show data context 9 Show data context 37 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 65 Show data context 78 Show data context 222 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 301 Show data context 503 Show data context 776 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 1,784 Show data context 1,400 Show data context 1,098 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 473 Show data context 516 Show data context 397 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 202 Show data context 135 Show data context 68 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 2,012 Show data context 1,345 Show data context 652 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 1,857 Show data context 1,461 Show data context 756 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 1,624 Show data context 1,002 Show data context 452 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 377 Show data context 360 Show data context 333 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 11 Show data context 0 Show data context 6 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 5 Show data context 5 Show data context 7 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 1,325 Show data context 1,178 Show data context 127 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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Numbers of the two sexes tend to be balanced. Military bases led to higher proportions of men, while large numbers of domestic servants created concentrations of women.


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

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Date accessed: 10th April 2026