Milton Keynes Built-up Area : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 9 Show data context 77 Show data context 254 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 37 Show data context 165 Show data context 523 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 0 Show data context 9 Show data context 35 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 20 Show data context 82 Show data context 214 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 48 Show data context 225 Show data context 605 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 131 Show data context 486 Show data context 1,055 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 40 Show data context 116 Show data context 180 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 30 Show data context 72 Show data context 100 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 218 Show data context 516 Show data context 564 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 93 Show data context 305 Show data context 525 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 48 Show data context 139 Show data context 205 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 23 Show data context 59 Show data context 270 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 8 Show data context 9 Show data context 10 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 1 Show data context 9 Show data context 9 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 83 Show data context 208 Show data context 64 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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Total number of houses.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Milton Keynes 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