the South East 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 8,904 Show data context 37,138 Show data context 44,331 Show data context
Class 2 76,525 Show data context 199,759 Show data context 239,217 Show data context
Class 3 (Non-manual) 5,486 Show data context 48,004 Show data context 270,039 Show data context
Class 3 (Manual) 297,188 Show data context 746,748 Show data context 740,693 Show data context
Class 4 219,599 Show data context 435,999 Show data context 261,448 Show data context
Class 5 49,065 Show data context 134,843 Show data context 239,199 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, the South East 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: 01st June 2026