Medway Unitary Authority (UA) : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 329 Show data context 429 Show data context 501 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 550 Show data context 803 Show data context 1,172 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 39 Show data context 29 Show data context 54 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 319 Show data context 345 Show data context 346 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 827 Show data context 1,212 Show data context 1,343 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 2,398 Show data context 2,663 Show data context 2,865 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 401 Show data context 529 Show data context 439 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 303 Show data context 313 Show data context 230 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 2,430 Show data context 2,372 Show data context 1,667 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 1,229 Show data context 1,373 Show data context 1,249 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 934 Show data context 826 Show data context 618 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 351 Show data context 514 Show data context 955 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 10 Show data context 10 Show data context 3 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 17 Show data context 5 Show data context 2 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 69 Show data context 71 Show data context 44 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 337 Show data context 323 Show data context 101 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 1,120 Show data context 937 Show data context 101 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, Medway Unitary Authority (UA) through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Socio-Economic Group, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 09th April 2026