Swindon Built-up Area : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 66 Show data context 206 Show data context 362 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 217 Show data context 306 Show data context 528 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 9 Show data context 16 Show data context 19 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 91 Show data context 117 Show data context 206 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 307 Show data context 478 Show data context 807 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 1,006 Show data context 1,217 Show data context 1,575 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 186 Show data context 265 Show data context 255 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 138 Show data context 156 Show data context 142 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 1,246 Show data context 1,093 Show data context 856 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 1,019 Show data context 967 Show data context 920 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 393 Show data context 461 Show data context 356 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 153 Show data context 190 Show data context 354 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 11 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 5 Show data context 4 Show data context 0 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 15 Show data context 7 Show data context 7 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 26 Show data context 66 Show data context 71 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 496 Show data context 525 Show data context 45 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, Swindon 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: 03rd June 2026