West Oxfordshire District : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 86 Show data context 154 Show data context 192 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 278 Show data context 342 Show data context 576 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 32 Show data context 42 Show data context 49 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 97 Show data context 141 Show data context 165 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 283 Show data context 422 Show data context 578 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 662 Show data context 682 Show data context 898 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 265 Show data context 255 Show data context 211 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 69 Show data context 89 Show data context 67 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 622 Show data context 563 Show data context 483 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 424 Show data context 447 Show data context 382 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 210 Show data context 215 Show data context 202 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 176 Show data context 239 Show data context 348 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 63 Show data context 47 Show data context 40 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 32 Show data context 31 Show data context 19 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 119 Show data context 106 Show data context 75 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 318 Show data context 299 Show data context 201 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 438 Show data context 348 Show data context 46 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, West Oxfordshire District through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Socio-Economic Group, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 01st June 2026