South Gloucestershire Unitary Authority (UA) : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 256 Show data context 505 Show data context 651 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 605 Show data context 794 Show data context 1,136 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 39 Show data context 62 Show data context 61 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 389 Show data context 498 Show data context 528 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 815 Show data context 1,093 Show data context 1,398 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 2,102 Show data context 2,508 Show data context 2,997 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 374 Show data context 406 Show data context 413 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 237 Show data context 264 Show data context 233 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 1,862 Show data context 1,946 Show data context 1,522 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 1,001 Show data context 1,202 Show data context 982 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 449 Show data context 456 Show data context 466 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 356 Show data context 432 Show data context 740 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 69 Show data context 50 Show data context 36 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 63 Show data context 47 Show data context 45 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 95 Show data context 84 Show data context 56 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 30 Show data context 39 Show data context 13 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 826 Show data context 684 Show data context 99 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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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, South Gloucestershire 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: 08th April 2026