Northampton Built-up Area : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 189 Show data context 370 Show data context 367 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 426 Show data context 458 Show data context 792 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 36 Show data context 26 Show data context 44 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 147 Show data context 186 Show data context 232 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 447 Show data context 795 Show data context 1,057 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 1,342 Show data context 1,681 Show data context 1,939 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 291 Show data context 385 Show data context 373 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 194 Show data context 233 Show data context 182 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 1,804 Show data context 1,732 Show data context 1,307 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 862 Show data context 1,097 Show data context 1,026 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 427 Show data context 454 Show data context 428 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 251 Show data context 330 Show data context 516 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 4 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 6 Show data context 4 Show data context 1 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 15 Show data context 16 Show data context 12 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 35 Show data context 33 Show data context 20 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 644 Show data context 631 Show data context 77 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


Total population at this Census, and for previous censuses. Where the latter appear, they are for the same area, so if there had been boundary changes they will differ from the population given for the same reporting unit by the previous census.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Northampton 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