Halifax Built-up Area : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 89 Show data context 138 Show data context 111 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 197 Show data context 190 Show data context 239 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 17 Show data context 16 Show data context 12 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 63 Show data context 72 Show data context 68 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 233 Show data context 324 Show data context 367 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 608 Show data context 674 Show data context 617 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 169 Show data context 202 Show data context 167 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 116 Show data context 135 Show data context 83 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 955 Show data context 883 Show data context 599 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 808 Show data context 920 Show data context 561 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 426 Show data context 348 Show data context 247 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 106 Show data context 109 Show data context 181 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 4 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 6 Show data context 6 Show data context 4 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 4 Show data context 11 Show data context 10 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 469 Show data context 365 Show data context 29 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.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Halifax Built-up Area through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Socio-Economic Group, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/13509463/cube/SEG

Date accessed: 09th April 2026