Stockport District : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 597 Show data context 845 Show data context 724 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 1,330 Show data context 1,585 Show data context 1,775 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 123 Show data context 126 Show data context 165 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 690 Show data context 713 Show data context 725 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 1,395 Show data context 1,851 Show data context 2,078 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 3,720 Show data context 3,533 Show data context 3,144 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 635 Show data context 743 Show data context 650 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 357 Show data context 382 Show data context 240 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 2,814 Show data context 2,544 Show data context 1,594 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 1,694 Show data context 1,707 Show data context 1,215 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 852 Show data context 727 Show data context 528 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 658 Show data context 636 Show data context 864 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 15 Show data context 15 Show data context 11 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 18 Show data context 6 Show data context 7 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 23 Show data context 21 Show data context 16 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 23 Show data context 25 Show data context 16 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 1,569 Show data context 950 Show data context 116 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, Stockport District through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Socio-Economic Group, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 08th April 2026