Mid Devon District : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 57 Show data context 73 Show data context 106 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 191 Show data context 237 Show data context 322 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 21 Show data context 24 Show data context 35 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 44 Show data context 70 Show data context 74 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 174 Show data context 267 Show data context 366 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 373 Show data context 480 Show data context 513 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 153 Show data context 126 Show data context 106 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 45 Show data context 63 Show data context 45 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 470 Show data context 472 Show data context 397 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 238 Show data context 249 Show data context 254 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 180 Show data context 158 Show data context 140 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 128 Show data context 182 Show data context 284 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 147 Show data context 99 Show data context 71 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 162 Show data context 160 Show data context 126 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 159 Show data context 124 Show data context 93 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 15 Show data context 16 Show data context 6 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 242 Show data context 242 Show data context 41 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, Mid Devon District through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Socio-Economic Group, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 01st June 2026