Cambridgeshire Modern (post-1974) County : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 512 Show data context 895 Show data context 1,446 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 1,237 Show data context 1,866 Show data context 2,552 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 147 Show data context 161 Show data context 290 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 801 Show data context 1,100 Show data context 1,449 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 1,639 Show data context 2,372 Show data context 3,287 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 3,582 Show data context 4,213 Show data context 4,520 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 1,164 Show data context 1,206 Show data context 991 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 342 Show data context 566 Show data context 421 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 3,334 Show data context 3,559 Show data context 2,765 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 1,959 Show data context 2,391 Show data context 2,477 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 1,265 Show data context 1,208 Show data context 1,144 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 851 Show data context 1,115 Show data context 1,669 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 403 Show data context 288 Show data context 185 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 389 Show data context 295 Show data context 169 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 1,000 Show data context 741 Show data context 391 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 709 Show data context 812 Show data context 495 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 2,174 Show data context 1,340 Show data context 180 Show data context
Date Source
1971 - 1991 Great Britain Historical GIS Project

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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, Cambridgeshire Modern (post-1974) County through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Socio-Economic Group, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10168466/cube/SEG

Date accessed: 09th April 2026