the East Government Region : Registrar General's Social Class

Registrar General's Social Class

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Registrar General's Social Class 1841 1881 1931
Class 1 5,450 Show data context 15,737 Show data context 20,827 Show data context
Class 2 62,050 Show data context 128,177 Show data context 160,841 Show data context
Class 3 (Non-manual) 2,395 Show data context 25,613 Show data context 157,136 Show data context
Class 3 (Manual) 214,495 Show data context 473,169 Show data context 406,759 Show data context
Class 4 209,777 Show data context 334,655 Show data context 208,413 Show data context
Class 5 28,476 Show data context 65,745 Show data context 152,905 Show data context
Date Source
1841 [ERROR: authority is ''SRC'' but auth_note value of does not appear in SRC_TAB]
1881 Great Britain Historical GIS Project Computed from 1881 microdata
1931 1931 Census of England and Wales, Occupations, Table 17 , 'Occupations (condensed list) of Males and Females, showing also the total Operatives and the total Out of Work'

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Occupations of both sexes classified using the Registrar General's Social Classification.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, the East Government Region through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Registrar General's Social Class, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 08th April 2026