Shropshire 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 1 873 Show data context 1,706 Show data context 1,329 Show data context
Class 2 9,664 Show data context 15,999 Show data context 16,008 Show data context
Class 3 (Non-manual) 407 Show data context 2,027 Show data context 9,680 Show data context
Class 3 (Manual) 38,268 Show data context 47,498 Show data context 28,566 Show data context
Class 4 24,424 Show data context 29,727 Show data context 17,755 Show data context
Class 5 6,338 Show data context 8,645 Show data context 9,950 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, Shropshire 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: 31st May 2026