Plymouth Unitary Authority (UA) : Registrar General's Social Class

Registrar General's Social Class

Data cube chart.

Registrar General's Social Class 1841 1881 1931
Class 1 391 Show data context 1,717 Show data context 2,093 Show data context
Class 2 2,359 Show data context 7,204 Show data context 9,655 Show data context
Class 3 (Non-manual) 227 Show data context 3,113 Show data context 14,898 Show data context
Class 3 (Manual) 13,297 Show data context 36,092 Show data context 45,359 Show data context
Class 4 4,312 Show data context 9,149 Show data context 9,658 Show data context
Class 5 2,044 Show data context 4,530 Show data context 15,117 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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Registrar General's Social Classification regrouped into three categories, combining classes 1 and 2, and classes 4 and 5.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Plymouth Unitary Authority (UA) through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Registrar General's Social Class, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 09th April 2026