Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority (UA) : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 257 Show data context 431 Show data context 395 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 587 Show data context 729 Show data context 842 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 67 Show data context 68 Show data context 97 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 268 Show data context 346 Show data context 388 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 799 Show data context 1,039 Show data context 1,083 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 1,952 Show data context 1,809 Show data context 1,551 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 460 Show data context 429 Show data context 354 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 159 Show data context 147 Show data context 118 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 1,665 Show data context 1,437 Show data context 931 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 783 Show data context 742 Show data context 600 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 496 Show data context 436 Show data context 381 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 351 Show data context 399 Show data context 543 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 44 Show data context 40 Show data context 22 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 35 Show data context 34 Show data context 27 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 72 Show data context 69 Show data context 34 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 50 Show data context 36 Show data context 24 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 838 Show data context 656 Show data context 82 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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Total number of houses.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Bath and North East Somerset 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