Rochdale Built-up Area : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 90 Show data context 148 Show data context 141 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 211 Show data context 303 Show data context 355 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 18 Show data context 20 Show data context 21 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 102 Show data context 86 Show data context 75 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 271 Show data context 399 Show data context 455 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 676 Show data context 682 Show data context 640 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 148 Show data context 210 Show data context 167 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 118 Show data context 115 Show data context 68 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 1,009 Show data context 828 Show data context 530 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 889 Show data context 866 Show data context 526 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 559 Show data context 453 Show data context 231 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 200 Show data context 176 Show data context 229 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 5 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 4 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 1 Show data context 5 Show data context 2 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 9 Show data context 3 Show data context 7 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 552 Show data context 320 Show data context 39 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, Rochdale 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: 08th April 2026