Bury District : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 281 Show data context 415 Show data context 356 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 727 Show data context 805 Show data context 1,021 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 45 Show data context 56 Show data context 77 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 241 Show data context 268 Show data context 297 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 704 Show data context 1,001 Show data context 1,252 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 1,996 Show data context 1,973 Show data context 1,835 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 373 Show data context 446 Show data context 345 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 263 Show data context 274 Show data context 177 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 2,011 Show data context 1,682 Show data context 1,286 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 1,201 Show data context 1,264 Show data context 952 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 656 Show data context 565 Show data context 400 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 417 Show data context 437 Show data context 552 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 12 Show data context 8 Show data context 6 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 16 Show data context 11 Show data context 4 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 14 Show data context 17 Show data context 9 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 10 Show data context 19 Show data context 18 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 965 Show data context 817 Show data context 77 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, Bury District through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Socio-Economic Group, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10080630/cube/SEG

Date accessed: 09th April 2026