Leeds Built-up Area : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 538 Show data context 952 Show data context 692 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 1,396 Show data context 1,215 Show data context 1,544 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 130 Show data context 130 Show data context 139 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 520 Show data context 606 Show data context 698 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 1,552 Show data context 2,156 Show data context 2,286 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 5,008 Show data context 4,586 Show data context 3,831 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 1,211 Show data context 1,310 Show data context 911 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 611 Show data context 611 Show data context 385 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 6,284 Show data context 4,906 Show data context 2,736 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 3,647 Show data context 3,540 Show data context 2,260 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 2,083 Show data context 1,944 Show data context 1,258 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 786 Show data context 805 Show data context 1,028 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 14 Show data context 11 Show data context 5 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 8 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 36 Show data context 25 Show data context 26 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 33 Show data context 53 Show data context 26 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 3,191 Show data context 2,166 Show data context 185 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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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Leeds Built-up Area through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Socio-Economic Group, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

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Date accessed: 01st June 2026