Preston District : Registrar General's Social Class

Registrar General's Social Class

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Registrar General's Social Class 1841 1881 1931
Class 1 233 Show data context 500 Show data context 836 Show data context
Class 2 1,848 Show data context 6,119 Show data context 7,745 Show data context
Class 3 (Non-manual) 202 Show data context 941 Show data context 8,707 Show data context
Class 3 (Manual) 9,925 Show data context 15,994 Show data context 35,641 Show data context
Class 4 12,429 Show data context 31,230 Show data context 9,493 Show data context
Class 5 1,678 Show data context 2,691 Show data context 12,030 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, Preston District through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Registrar General's Social Class, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 01st June 2026