Ayr Built-up Area : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 108 Show data context 237 Show data context 152 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 250 Show data context 205 Show data context 247 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 19 Show data context 20 Show data context 21 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 92 Show data context 109 Show data context 120 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 266 Show data context 396 Show data context 410 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 662 Show data context 667 Show data context 583 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 197 Show data context 190 Show data context 142 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 55 Show data context 96 Show data context 59 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 594 Show data context 567 Show data context 352 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 273 Show data context 327 Show data context 221 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 261 Show data context 253 Show data context 203 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 78 Show data context 74 Show data context 97 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 11 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 2 Show data context 6 Show data context 2 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 11 Show data context 10 Show data context 10 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 22 Show data context 10 Show data context 22 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 274 Show data context 261 Show data context 22 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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Total number of houses.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Ayr 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