Walsall District : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 398 Show data context 439 Show data context 451 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 707 Show data context 907 Show data context 985 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 51 Show data context 46 Show data context 60 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 292 Show data context 219 Show data context 253 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 773 Show data context 997 Show data context 1,109 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 2,355 Show data context 2,406 Show data context 2,254 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 449 Show data context 585 Show data context 453 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 470 Show data context 450 Show data context 300 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 4,079 Show data context 3,405 Show data context 2,405 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 2,424 Show data context 2,486 Show data context 1,824 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 1,037 Show data context 890 Show data context 698 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 440 Show data context 455 Show data context 680 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 5 Show data context 5 Show data context 4 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 9 Show data context 5 Show data context 3 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 15 Show data context 12 Show data context 18 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 6 Show data context 18 Show data context 16 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 1,280 Show data context 1,445 Show data context 131 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, Walsall 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