Sutton District : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 390 Show data context 556 Show data context 549 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 881 Show data context 935 Show data context 1,026 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 74 Show data context 68 Show data context 79 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 412 Show data context 383 Show data context 389 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 915 Show data context 1,208 Show data context 1,236 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 2,711 Show data context 2,750 Show data context 2,263 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 366 Show data context 383 Show data context 296 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 200 Show data context 200 Show data context 130 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 1,427 Show data context 1,208 Show data context 876 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 755 Show data context 804 Show data context 518 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 358 Show data context 330 Show data context 305 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 406 Show data context 422 Show data context 715 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 9 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 6 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 18 Show data context 7 Show data context 8 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 22 Show data context 17 Show data context 7 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 1,023 Show data context 739 Show data context 70 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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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, Sutton District through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Socio-Economic Group, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 09th April 2026