Exeter District : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 137 Show data context 194 Show data context 158 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 294 Show data context 375 Show data context 396 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 37 Show data context 38 Show data context 33 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 144 Show data context 167 Show data context 186 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 442 Show data context 575 Show data context 691 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 1,072 Show data context 1,202 Show data context 1,155 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 298 Show data context 337 Show data context 241 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 81 Show data context 101 Show data context 81 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 885 Show data context 779 Show data context 585 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 421 Show data context 490 Show data context 414 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 347 Show data context 301 Show data context 288 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 192 Show data context 232 Show data context 350 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 14 Show data context 9 Show data context 4 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 5 Show data context 7 Show data context 2 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 14 Show data context 20 Show data context 12 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 38 Show data context 43 Show data context 30 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 587 Show data context 438 Show data context 39 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, Exeter District 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