Peterborough Unitary Authority (UA) : Registrar General's Social Class

Registrar General's Social Class

Data cube chart.

Registrar General's Social Class 1841 1881 1931
Class 1 64 Show data context 312 Show data context 371 Show data context
Class 2 935 Show data context 3,483 Show data context 3,652 Show data context
Class 3 (Non-manual) 30 Show data context 635 Show data context 4,107 Show data context
Class 3 (Manual) 3,081 Show data context 9,116 Show data context 10,832 Show data context
Class 4 3,186 Show data context 8,235 Show data context 5,333 Show data context
Class 5 291 Show data context 1,826 Show data context 4,287 Show data context
Date Source
1841 [ERROR: authority is ''SRC'' but auth_note value of does not appear in SRC_TAB]
1881 Great Britain Historical GIS Project Computed from 1881 microdata
1931 1931 Census of England and Wales, Occupations, Table 17 , 'Occupations (condensed list) of Males and Females, showing also the total Operatives and the total Out of Work'

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Occupations of both sexes classified using the Registrar General's Social Classification.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Peterborough Unitary Authority (UA) through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Registrar General's Social Class, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 09th April 2026