Bristol Built-up Area : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 442 Show data context 572 Show data context 614 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 1,010 Show data context 1,100 Show data context 1,302 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 99 Show data context 105 Show data context 143 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 526 Show data context 659 Show data context 825 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 1,509 Show data context 1,874 Show data context 2,183 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 4,069 Show data context 3,825 Show data context 3,393 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 890 Show data context 946 Show data context 620 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 461 Show data context 448 Show data context 238 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 3,501 Show data context 3,192 Show data context 1,867 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 2,437 Show data context 2,312 Show data context 1,534 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 1,620 Show data context 1,322 Show data context 844 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 642 Show data context 682 Show data context 907 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 4 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 4 Show data context 4 Show data context 3 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 19 Show data context 52 Show data context 24 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 40 Show data context 30 Show data context 17 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 2,520 Show data context 2,145 Show data context 184 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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Numbers unemployed as recorded by the Census of Population.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Bristol 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