Staffordshire Moorlands District : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 126 Show data context 274 Show data context 192 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 322 Show data context 369 Show data context 503 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 26 Show data context 25 Show data context 23 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 98 Show data context 134 Show data context 84 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 360 Show data context 506 Show data context 544 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 771 Show data context 825 Show data context 802 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 195 Show data context 236 Show data context 158 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 139 Show data context 148 Show data context 110 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 1,318 Show data context 1,227 Show data context 847 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 646 Show data context 702 Show data context 583 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 339 Show data context 280 Show data context 218 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 192 Show data context 227 Show data context 356 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 71 Show data context 52 Show data context 35 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 145 Show data context 111 Show data context 91 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 74 Show data context 56 Show data context 45 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 3 Show data context 5 Show data context 3 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 572 Show data context 325 Show data context 43 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, Staffordshire Moorlands 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