West Suffolk District : Registrar General's Social Class

Registrar General's Social Class

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Registrar General's Social Class 1841 1881 1931
Class 1 304 Show data context 529 Show data context 404 Show data context
Class 2 3,425 Show data context 4,406 Show data context 4,118 Show data context
Class 3 (Non-manual) 126 Show data context 911 Show data context 3,426 Show data context
Class 3 (Manual) 11,925 Show data context 14,513 Show data context 9,778 Show data context
Class 4 11,323 Show data context 14,906 Show data context 7,713 Show data context
Class 5 1,213 Show data context 1,991 Show data context 3,803 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.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, West Suffolk District through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Registrar General's Social Class, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 10th April 2026