Liverpool District : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 585 Show data context 625 Show data context 437 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 1,323 Show data context 1,250 Show data context 1,061 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 116 Show data context 117 Show data context 108 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 476 Show data context 437 Show data context 435 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 2,033 Show data context 2,205 Show data context 2,167 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 6,630 Show data context 5,054 Show data context 3,664 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 1,613 Show data context 1,721 Show data context 943 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 812 Show data context 672 Show data context 304 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 6,209 Show data context 4,733 Show data context 2,407 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 5,053 Show data context 4,343 Show data context 2,332 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 3,823 Show data context 2,739 Show data context 1,497 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 665 Show data context 654 Show data context 745 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 8 Show data context 4 Show data context 1 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 21 Show data context 27 Show data context 21 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 39 Show data context 64 Show data context 36 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 4,277 Show data context 3,885 Show data context 238 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, Liverpool District through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Socio-Economic Group, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 08th April 2026