Cheshire East Unitary Authority (UA) : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 587 Show data context 808 Show data context 1,021 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 1,290 Show data context 1,815 Show data context 2,112 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 148 Show data context 142 Show data context 185 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 638 Show data context 769 Show data context 884 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 1,335 Show data context 1,968 Show data context 2,305 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 2,854 Show data context 3,072 Show data context 3,099 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 835 Show data context 916 Show data context 701 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 366 Show data context 431 Show data context 279 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 3,176 Show data context 2,870 Show data context 1,923 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 1,974 Show data context 2,140 Show data context 1,746 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 1,053 Show data context 918 Show data context 794 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 584 Show data context 693 Show data context 930 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 202 Show data context 144 Show data context 132 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 215 Show data context 144 Show data context 111 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 248 Show data context 253 Show data context 192 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 24 Show data context 20 Show data context 26 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 1,806 Show data context 1,010 Show data context 129 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, Cheshire East Unitary Authority (UA) 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