South Yorkshire Modern (post-1974) County (Met.C) : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 1,448 Show data context 2,120 Show data context 2,252 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 2,977 Show data context 3,754 Show data context 4,281 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 218 Show data context 230 Show data context 315 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 1,304 Show data context 1,344 Show data context 1,631 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 4,064 Show data context 5,613 Show data context 6,343 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 11,320 Show data context 11,279 Show data context 10,572 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 2,908 Show data context 3,678 Show data context 2,514 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 2,230 Show data context 2,434 Show data context 1,368 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 20,379 Show data context 16,889 Show data context 9,352 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 9,240 Show data context 11,620 Show data context 7,654 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 6,188 Show data context 5,049 Show data context 4,237 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 1,886 Show data context 1,820 Show data context 2,945 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 130 Show data context 151 Show data context 76 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 137 Show data context 101 Show data context 61 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 226 Show data context 230 Show data context 174 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 256 Show data context 251 Show data context 218 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 6,416 Show data context 4,528 Show data context 445 Show data context
Date Source
1971 - 1991 Great Britain Historical GIS Project

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The election result data we hold includes over two hundred party labels, so we have simplified them to these seven simple categories. Of course, most candidates in most elections, and almost every candidate who won, was standing for one of the main parties, but an enormous range of labels have been used by one or two candidates. These groupings have been defined based almost entirely on the party labels, rather than detailed research into party policies, but including words like 'Labour' or 'Conservative' in yo...


ur party label says a lot about where you stand, and even more about the people voting for you. 'Left' means broadly speaking candidates to the left of the Liberal or Labour parties, 'Right' candidates to the right of the Conservatives. 'Nationalist' means any kind of nationalist, even for the Isle of Wight.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, South Yorkshire Modern (post-1974) County (Met.C) through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Socio-Economic Group, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 10th April 2026