Stockport District : Registrar General's Social Class

Registrar General's Social Class

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Registrar General's Social Class 1841 1881 1931
Class 1 114 Show data context 730 Show data context 1,903 Show data context
Class 2 1,321 Show data context 8,222 Show data context 13,434 Show data context
Class 3 (Non-manual) 131 Show data context 1,352 Show data context 15,201 Show data context
Class 3 (Manual) 7,527 Show data context 32,624 Show data context 40,598 Show data context
Class 4 9,841 Show data context 28,039 Show data context 15,140 Show data context
Class 5 1,043 Show data context 3,945 Show data context 14,492 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.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Stockport 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: 08th April 2026