Elmbridge District : Registrar General's Social Class

Registrar General's Social Class

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Registrar General's Social Class 1841 1881 1931
Class 1 133 Show data context 589 Show data context 1,170 Show data context
Class 2 913 Show data context 2,232 Show data context 3,667 Show data context
Class 3 (Non-manual) 164 Show data context 531 Show data context 4,980 Show data context
Class 3 (Manual) 3,725 Show data context 9,730 Show data context 12,972 Show data context
Class 4 1,479 Show data context 3,114 Show data context 2,205 Show data context
Class 5 637 Show data context 1,712 Show data context 2,868 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, Elmbridge District 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