Chester Built-up Area : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 113 Show data context 124 Show data context 182 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 198 Show data context 276 Show data context 270 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 18 Show data context 25 Show data context 28 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 144 Show data context 145 Show data context 162 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 274 Show data context 430 Show data context 454 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 802 Show data context 825 Show data context 755 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 224 Show data context 264 Show data context 165 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 96 Show data context 107 Show data context 77 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 630 Show data context 643 Show data context 381 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 394 Show data context 451 Show data context 334 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 252 Show data context 303 Show data context 189 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 87 Show data context 107 Show data context 183 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 6 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 12 Show data context 16 Show data context 14 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 35 Show data context 23 Show data context 19 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 344 Show data context 252 Show data context 25 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, Chester 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: 01st June 2026