Shrewsbury Built-up Area : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 63 Show data context 118 Show data context 108 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 155 Show data context 204 Show data context 262 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 17 Show data context 23 Show data context 20 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 54 Show data context 70 Show data context 73 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 182 Show data context 364 Show data context 436 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 457 Show data context 594 Show data context 618 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 157 Show data context 172 Show data context 143 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 65 Show data context 71 Show data context 49 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 430 Show data context 491 Show data context 377 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 268 Show data context 300 Show data context 318 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 144 Show data context 189 Show data context 197 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 80 Show data context 94 Show data context 175 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 4 Show data context 5 Show data context 1 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 10 Show data context 21 Show data context 13 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 32 Show data context 42 Show data context 15 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 184 Show data context 147 Show data context 13 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, Shrewsbury 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: 09th April 2026