Epping Forest District : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 251 Show data context 308 Show data context 285 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 732 Show data context 806 Show data context 815 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 62 Show data context 59 Show data context 89 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 256 Show data context 218 Show data context 201 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 523 Show data context 624 Show data context 713 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 1,582 Show data context 1,597 Show data context 1,445 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 258 Show data context 253 Show data context 229 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 126 Show data context 151 Show data context 83 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 1,075 Show data context 949 Show data context 611 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 524 Show data context 516 Show data context 411 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 278 Show data context 258 Show data context 190 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 240 Show data context 343 Show data context 499 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 62 Show data context 30 Show data context 28 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 23 Show data context 18 Show data context 11 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 137 Show data context 94 Show data context 56 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 20 Show data context 7 Show data context 3 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 622 Show data context 462 Show data context 56 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.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Epping Forest District through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Socio-Economic Group, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10168399/cube/SEG

Date accessed: 10th April 2026