the West Midlands Government Region : Registrar General's Social Class

Registrar General's Social Class

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Registrar General's Social Class 1841 1881 1931
Class 1 5,115 Show data context 23,727 Show data context 20,369 Show data context
Class 2 58,755 Show data context 225,941 Show data context 205,122 Show data context
Class 3 (Non-manual) 4,592 Show data context 38,302 Show data context 218,594 Show data context
Class 3 (Manual) 312,488 Show data context 1,136,466 Show data context 742,045 Show data context
Class 4 131,951 Show data context 422,272 Show data context 348,666 Show data context
Class 5 47,528 Show data context 132,483 Show data context 268,992 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.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, the West Midlands Government Region through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Registrar General's Social Class, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 08th April 2026