Bedford Built-up Area : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 89 Show data context 137 Show data context 166 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 166 Show data context 231 Show data context 331 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 21 Show data context 23 Show data context 31 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 116 Show data context 150 Show data context 170 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 359 Show data context 437 Show data context 494 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 672 Show data context 784 Show data context 692 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 156 Show data context 178 Show data context 150 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 53 Show data context 98 Show data context 50 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 626 Show data context 670 Show data context 404 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 407 Show data context 522 Show data context 397 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 298 Show data context 298 Show data context 148 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 85 Show data context 114 Show data context 184 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 4 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 7 Show data context 5 Show data context 9 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 31 Show data context 8 Show data context 10 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 318 Show data context 259 Show data context 35 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.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Bedford Built-up Area through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Socio-Economic Group, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/13517228/cube/SEG

Date accessed: 10th April 2026