Scunthorpe Built-up Area : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 45 Show data context 67 Show data context 77 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 144 Show data context 184 Show data context 197 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 14 Show data context 4 Show data context 5 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 63 Show data context 81 Show data context 63 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 207 Show data context 327 Show data context 279 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 582 Show data context 556 Show data context 508 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 197 Show data context 175 Show data context 146 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 157 Show data context 168 Show data context 99 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 1,005 Show data context 1,001 Show data context 709 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 437 Show data context 530 Show data context 469 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 519 Show data context 414 Show data context 326 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 60 Show data context 78 Show data context 130 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 9 Show data context 12 Show data context 7 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 8 Show data context 18 Show data context 6 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 303 Show data context 181 Show data context 30 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, Scunthorpe 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