North West Leicestershire 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 66 Show data context 235 Show data context 261 Show data context
Class 2 1,037 Show data context 2,685 Show data context 3,060 Show data context
Class 3 (Non-manual) 33 Show data context 451 Show data context 2,011 Show data context
Class 3 (Manual) 4,409 Show data context 15,666 Show data context 12,423 Show data context
Class 4 2,319 Show data context 5,411 Show data context 7,696 Show data context
Class 5 336 Show data context 1,626 Show data context 3,086 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, North West Leicestershire District through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Registrar General's Social Class, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10142623/cube/RGSOC_DIV

Date accessed: 09th April 2026