Dunfermline Built-up Area : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 63 Show data context 157 Show data context 103 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 96 Show data context 108 Show data context 187 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 11 Show data context 15 Show data context 18 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 48 Show data context 83 Show data context 85 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 237 Show data context 360 Show data context 350 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 523 Show data context 596 Show data context 664 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 110 Show data context 154 Show data context 152 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 60 Show data context 101 Show data context 84 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 614 Show data context 597 Show data context 455 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 257 Show data context 381 Show data context 332 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 231 Show data context 243 Show data context 208 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 29 Show data context 36 Show data context 71 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 7 Show data context 8 Show data context 6 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 75 Show data context 180 Show data context 126 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 146 Show data context 160 Show data context 19 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, Dunfermline Built-up Area through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Socio-Economic Group, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

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Date accessed: 01st June 2026