London Government Region : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 11,954 Show data context 16,082 Show data context 17,468 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 30,472 Show data context 30,927 Show data context 36,289 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 2,903 Show data context 2,922 Show data context 4,032 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 14,022 Show data context 13,124 Show data context 14,733 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 34,297 Show data context 41,356 Show data context 47,214 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 115,096 Show data context 95,681 Show data context 72,901 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 21,857 Show data context 20,842 Show data context 14,700 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 8,556 Show data context 7,775 Show data context 4,250 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 67,652 Show data context 50,990 Show data context 29,415 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 45,447 Show data context 40,389 Show data context 24,291 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 29,277 Show data context 21,932 Show data context 14,369 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 15,624 Show data context 15,986 Show data context 20,306 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 145 Show data context 104 Show data context 77 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 96 Show data context 56 Show data context 24 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 475 Show data context 312 Show data context 290 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 1,582 Show data context 1,303 Show data context 700 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 52,650 Show data context 39,725 Show data context 4,714 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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Total population at this Census, and for previous censuses. Where the latter appear, they are for the same area, so if there had been boundary changes they will differ from the population given for the same reporting unit by the previous census.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, London Government Region 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