Stoke on Trent Unitary Authority (UA) : Registrar General's Social Class

Registrar General's Social Class

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Registrar General's Social Class 1841 1881 1931
Class 1 135 Show data context 770 Show data context 949 Show data context
Class 2 1,666 Show data context 8,584 Show data context 10,354 Show data context
Class 3 (Non-manual) 227 Show data context 1,530 Show data context 11,938 Show data context
Class 3 (Manual) 19,429 Show data context 64,636 Show data context 70,070 Show data context
Class 4 2,376 Show data context 12,664 Show data context 27,162 Show data context
Class 5 1,057 Show data context 4,982 Show data context 23,051 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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Here we present how the economic foundations of each locality have changed over time, identifying the traditional sectors of Agriculture, Mining and Manufacturing which dominated many areas in the nineteenth century, but also breaking down Services into those which, broadly, sell directly to consumers; those which deal mainly with other buinesses, including financial services; and public services, including education and health.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Stoke on Trent Unitary Authority (UA) through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Registrar General's Social Class, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 09th April 2026