Ellesmere Port Built-up Area : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 43 Show data context 70 Show data context 94 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 77 Show data context 141 Show data context 195 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 5 Show data context 5 Show data context 5 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 40 Show data context 83 Show data context 70 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 129 Show data context 237 Show data context 274 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 458 Show data context 529 Show data context 616 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 153 Show data context 212 Show data context 145 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 120 Show data context 142 Show data context 71 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 543 Show data context 682 Show data context 444 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 513 Show data context 590 Show data context 442 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 256 Show data context 296 Show data context 198 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 36 Show data context 50 Show data context 93 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 3 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 6 Show data context 13 Show data context 10 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 3 Show data context 19 Show data context 11 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 210 Show data context 170 Show data context 16 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, Ellesmere Port 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/13509724/cube/SEG

Date accessed: 10th April 2026