Plymouth Unitary Authority (UA) : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 271 Show data context 347 Show data context 310 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 526 Show data context 667 Show data context 791 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 47 Show data context 53 Show data context 65 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 165 Show data context 293 Show data context 290 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 821 Show data context 1,190 Show data context 1,219 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 2,219 Show data context 2,401 Show data context 2,265 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 599 Show data context 710 Show data context 575 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 302 Show data context 325 Show data context 208 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 2,499 Show data context 2,370 Show data context 1,490 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 1,247 Show data context 1,356 Show data context 1,396 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 1,125 Show data context 854 Show data context 694 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 341 Show data context 459 Show data context 679 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 17 Show data context 10 Show data context 3 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 18 Show data context 7 Show data context 3 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 19 Show data context 17 Show data context 31 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 634 Show data context 781 Show data context 647 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 1,398 Show data context 1,014 Show data context 108 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, Plymouth Unitary Authority (UA) 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