Westmorland and Furness Unitary Authority (UA) : Registrar General's Social Class

Registrar General's Social Class

Data cube chart.

Registrar General's Social Class 1841 1881 1931
Class 1 600 Show data context 1,099 Show data context 1,297 Show data context
Class 2 10,871 Show data context 15,361 Show data context 17,071 Show data context
Class 3 (Non-manual) 370 Show data context 1,500 Show data context 9,631 Show data context
Class 3 (Manual) 36,976 Show data context 43,497 Show data context 35,319 Show data context
Class 4 27,809 Show data context 20,701 Show data context 14,637 Show data context
Class 5 3,629 Show data context 6,635 Show data context 12,910 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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Total households, as defined by the relevant census.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Westmorland and Furness 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: 10th April 2026