Gateshead Built-up Area : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 135 Show data context 183 Show data context 114 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 261 Show data context 250 Show data context 300 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 15 Show data context 15 Show data context 10 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 88 Show data context 92 Show data context 90 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 319 Show data context 409 Show data context 462 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 1,299 Show data context 1,230 Show data context 1,028 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 275 Show data context 389 Show data context 251 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 221 Show data context 215 Show data context 115 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 1,869 Show data context 1,621 Show data context 923 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 948 Show data context 1,061 Show data context 704 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 722 Show data context 718 Show data context 461 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 110 Show data context 116 Show data context 190 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 10 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 15 Show data context 21 Show data context 14 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 693 Show data context 411 Show data context 58 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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nCube definition


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, Gateshead Built-up Area through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Socio-Economic Group, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 10th April 2026