Westminster District : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 489 Show data context 507 Show data context 461 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 1,647 Show data context 1,209 Show data context 1,222 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 254 Show data context 174 Show data context 183 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 651 Show data context 422 Show data context 450 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 1,278 Show data context 1,233 Show data context 1,219 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 3,547 Show data context 2,324 Show data context 1,401 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 1,639 Show data context 1,240 Show data context 687 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 106 Show data context 96 Show data context 58 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 1,060 Show data context 665 Show data context 351 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 639 Show data context 758 Show data context 419 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 963 Show data context 712 Show data context 451 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 446 Show data context 404 Show data context 378 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 4 Show data context 4 Show data context 3 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 5 Show data context 12 Show data context 5 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 135 Show data context 121 Show data context 34 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 2,215 Show data context 1,213 Show data context 181 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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The early censuses reported the total number of families rather than households, and then sometimes provided a classification of families by occupation.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Westminster District through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Socio-Economic Group, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 09th April 2026