Dunstable Built-up Area : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 24 Show data context 59 Show data context 62 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 66 Show data context 110 Show data context 131 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 3 Show data context 6 Show data context 8 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 27 Show data context 53 Show data context 51 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 78 Show data context 140 Show data context 139 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 226 Show data context 250 Show data context 293 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 34 Show data context 59 Show data context 45 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 29 Show data context 48 Show data context 30 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 255 Show data context 211 Show data context 207 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 140 Show data context 151 Show data context 150 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 62 Show data context 52 Show data context 56 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 38 Show data context 41 Show data context 100 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 3 Show data context 3 Show data context 4 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 119 Show data context 112 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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Age and sex structure data in the categories used in the 2021/22 Census. Wherever possible, we reorganise age structure data from other years to this same set of categories, including in our redistricted statistics for modern units.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Dunstable 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: 10th April 2026