Birkenhead Built-up Area : Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group

Data cube chart.

Socio-Economic Groups 1971 1981 1991
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 126 Show data context 240 Show data context 147 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 317 Show data context 348 Show data context 298 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 30 Show data context 37 Show data context 37 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 128 Show data context 126 Show data context 135 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 436 Show data context 558 Show data context 628 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 1,288 Show data context 1,086 Show data context 908 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 321 Show data context 358 Show data context 215 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 144 Show data context 157 Show data context 93 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 1,281 Show data context 1,120 Show data context 607 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 890 Show data context 933 Show data context 643 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 699 Show data context 636 Show data context 294 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 140 Show data context 170 Show data context 228 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 12 Show data context 12 Show data context 8 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 17 Show data context 20 Show data context 17 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 674 Show data context 561 Show data context 49 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 five-year bands to age 95, as published for 20th century Local Government Districts


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Birkenhead 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: 31st May 2026