Staffordshire Moorlands District : Registrar General's Social Class

Registrar General's Social Class

Data cube chart.

Registrar General's Social Class 1841 1881 1931
Class 1 156 Show data context 911 Show data context 351 Show data context
Class 2 2,436 Show data context 12,068 Show data context 5,335 Show data context
Class 3 (Non-manual) 146 Show data context 1,652 Show data context 2,476 Show data context
Class 3 (Manual) 11,608 Show data context 72,257 Show data context 15,584 Show data context
Class 4 5,360 Show data context 16,083 Show data context 7,573 Show data context
Class 5 1,356 Show data context 5,362 Show data context 3,936 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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Age and sex structure data in the categories used in the 2021/22 Census. Wherever possible, we reorganise age structure data from other years to this same set of categories, including in our redistricted statistics for modern units.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Staffordshire Moorlands 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