Birmingham District : Registrar General's Social Class

Registrar General's Social Class

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Registrar General's Social Class 1841 1881 1931
Class 1 849 Show data context 3,127 Show data context 6,180 Show data context
Class 2 7,103 Show data context 31,998 Show data context 54,529 Show data context
Class 3 (Non-manual) 1,397 Show data context 5,858 Show data context 81,767 Show data context
Class 3 (Manual) 49,933 Show data context 152,981 Show data context 205,789 Show data context
Class 4 11,210 Show data context 49,378 Show data context 96,491 Show data context
Class 5 5,840 Show data context 16,871 Show data context 75,607 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.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Birmingham 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: 10th April 2026