Bury Built-up Area : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 85 Show data context 135 Show data context 115 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 192 Show data context 242 Show data context 290 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 8 Show data context 10 Show data context 16 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 80 Show data context 64 Show data context 95 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 218 Show data context 318 Show data context 396 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 586 Show data context 644 Show data context 588 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 157 Show data context 155 Show data context 111 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 101 Show data context 115 Show data context 73 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 756 Show data context 616 Show data context 473 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 454 Show data context 478 Show data context 373 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 272 Show data context 220 Show data context 165 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 120 Show data context 129 Show data context 186 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 4 Show data context 4 Show data context 3 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 4 Show data context 6 Show data context 4 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 4 Show data context 5 Show data context 7 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 297 Show data context 333 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


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, Bury Built-up Area through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Socio-Economic Group, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/13513260/cube/SEG

Date accessed: 10th April 2026