Ipswich District : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 95 Show data context 220 Show data context 269 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 343 Show data context 345 Show data context 361 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 29 Show data context 21 Show data context 31 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 118 Show data context 135 Show data context 192 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 410 Show data context 543 Show data context 665 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 1,261 Show data context 1,364 Show data context 1,327 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 280 Show data context 353 Show data context 247 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 156 Show data context 166 Show data context 112 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 1,422 Show data context 1,339 Show data context 861 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 843 Show data context 910 Show data context 634 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 481 Show data context 495 Show data context 385 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 217 Show data context 214 Show data context 330 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 6 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 28 Show data context 26 Show data context 18 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 87 Show data context 93 Show data context 41 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 715 Show data context 289 Show data context 47 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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Age and sex structure data in the categories used in the 2021/22 Census. Wherever possible, we reorganise age structure data from other years to this same set of categories, including in our redistricted statistics for modern units.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Ipswich 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