Buckinghamshire Unitary Authority (UA) : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 889 Show data context 1,370 Show data context 1,642 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 1,979 Show data context 2,731 Show data context 3,596 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 213 Show data context 244 Show data context 342 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 1,129 Show data context 1,134 Show data context 1,074 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 1,978 Show data context 2,740 Show data context 3,346 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 4,271 Show data context 4,722 Show data context 4,952 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 1,072 Show data context 1,015 Show data context 910 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 458 Show data context 538 Show data context 366 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 3,756 Show data context 3,358 Show data context 2,347 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 2,085 Show data context 2,036 Show data context 1,593 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 1,119 Show data context 939 Show data context 786 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 937 Show data context 1,081 Show data context 1,589 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 153 Show data context 139 Show data context 78 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 147 Show data context 93 Show data context 89 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 320 Show data context 214 Show data context 146 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 537 Show data context 492 Show data context 205 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 2,309 Show data context 1,487 Show data context 208 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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Age and sex structure data in five-year bands to age 100, as published for 19th and early 20th century Registration Districts


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Buckinghamshire 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