Burnley Built-up Area : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 59 Show data context 122 Show data context 87 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 188 Show data context 194 Show data context 198 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 6 Show data context 13 Show data context 3 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 47 Show data context 57 Show data context 57 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 226 Show data context 308 Show data context 295 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 560 Show data context 573 Show data context 475 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 140 Show data context 189 Show data context 137 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 111 Show data context 111 Show data context 77 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 1,071 Show data context 926 Show data context 602 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 676 Show data context 778 Show data context 557 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 324 Show data context 343 Show data context 200 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 158 Show data context 143 Show data context 147 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 5 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 8 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 3 Show data context 12 Show data context 6 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 434 Show data context 358 Show data context 32 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, Burnley 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: 09th April 2026