the North 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 2,470 Show data context 8,422 Show data context 12,745 Show data context
Class 2 23,519 Show data context 86,028 Show data context 99,797 Show data context
Class 3 (Non-manual) 1,395 Show data context 15,950 Show data context 129,150 Show data context
Class 3 (Manual) 123,169 Show data context 474,316 Show data context 400,042 Show data context
Class 4 40,365 Show data context 140,534 Show data context 225,180 Show data context
Class 5 17,465 Show data context 67,608 Show data context 168,492 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 North 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: 09th April 2026