Huddersfield Built-up Area : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 183 Show data context 227 Show data context 198 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 326 Show data context 332 Show data context 394 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 29 Show data context 29 Show data context 22 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 151 Show data context 117 Show data context 155 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 420 Show data context 498 Show data context 554 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 1,020 Show data context 968 Show data context 846 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 347 Show data context 342 Show data context 260 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 218 Show data context 171 Show data context 106 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 1,751 Show data context 1,270 Show data context 769 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 1,065 Show data context 1,150 Show data context 776 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 602 Show data context 510 Show data context 393 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 176 Show data context 158 Show data context 299 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 5 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 5 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 16 Show data context 12 Show data context 8 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 8 Show data context 16 Show data context 11 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 275 Show data context 492 Show data context 43 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 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, Huddersfield 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