Newham District : Registrar General's Social Class

Registrar General's Social Class

Data cube chart.

Registrar General's Social Class 1841 1881 1931
Class 1 73 Show data context 3,798 Show data context 1,296 Show data context
Class 2 748 Show data context 33,509 Show data context 15,167 Show data context
Class 3 (Non-manual) 123 Show data context 6,729 Show data context 43,022 Show data context
Class 3 (Manual) 3,803 Show data context 93,939 Show data context 72,838 Show data context
Class 4 1,815 Show data context 35,244 Show data context 34,865 Show data context
Class 5 804 Show data context 23,320 Show data context 52,756 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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Occupations of both sexes classified using the Registrar General's Social Classification.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Newham 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