Mid Suffolk District : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 56 Show data context 124 Show data context 221 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 197 Show data context 293 Show data context 369 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 15 Show data context 23 Show data context 35 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 74 Show data context 76 Show data context 119 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 180 Show data context 289 Show data context 416 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 461 Show data context 577 Show data context 695 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 167 Show data context 149 Show data context 137 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 54 Show data context 72 Show data context 59 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 548 Show data context 563 Show data context 463 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 368 Show data context 428 Show data context 353 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 165 Show data context 163 Show data context 186 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 124 Show data context 204 Show data context 345 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 141 Show data context 122 Show data context 67 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 70 Show data context 70 Show data context 65 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 315 Show data context 230 Show data context 156 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 78 Show data context 77 Show data context 54 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 455 Show data context 338 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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nCube definition


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, Mid Suffolk 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