Stockport Built-up Area : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 143 Show data context 213 Show data context 214 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 374 Show data context 457 Show data context 552 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 32 Show data context 30 Show data context 39 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 148 Show data context 191 Show data context 231 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 458 Show data context 628 Show data context 716 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 1,371 Show data context 1,229 Show data context 1,066 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 270 Show data context 309 Show data context 228 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 143 Show data context 156 Show data context 90 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 1,246 Show data context 1,130 Show data context 701 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 790 Show data context 818 Show data context 559 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 457 Show data context 382 Show data context 257 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 274 Show data context 245 Show data context 346 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 4 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 5 Show data context 3 Show data context 7 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 9 Show data context 9 Show data context 9 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 638 Show data context 381 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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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, Stockport 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: 08th April 2026