Dataset population: Persons aged 16 to 64 in households

Age

Age is derived from the date of birth question and is a person's age at their last birthday, at 27 March 2011. Dates of birth that imply an age over 115 are treated as invalid and the person's age is imputed. Infants less than one year old are classified as 0 years of age.

Approximated social grade

Social Grade is the socio-economic classification used by the Market Research and Marketing Industries, most often in the analysis of spending habits and consumer attitudes. Although it is not possible to allocate Social Grade precisely from information collected by the 2011 Census, the Market Research Society has developed a method for using Census information to provide a good approximation of Social Grade.

Sex

The classification of a person as either male or female.

This dataset provides 2011 Census estimates that classify Household Reference Persons aged 16 to 64 living in households by approximated social grade, for the UK, constituent countries and, within England, regions, counties, London boroughs, metropolitan districts, unitary authorities and non-metropolitan districts, unitary authorities within Wales, council areas within Scotland, and local government districts within Northern Ireland. The estimates are as at census day, 27 March 2011. Social grade is a socio-economic classification used by market research industries to analyse spending habits and consumer attitudes.Orignal dataset can be found here.

This statistic shows the results of a representative survey of the British Public in relation to the English Premier League, presenting the gender distribution of British Adults that watch Premier League football matches, by frequency and NRS social grade.

The NRS social grades are a system of demographic classification used in the United Kingdom. The grades are grouped here into ABC1 and C2DE; these are taken to equate to middle class and working class, respectively.

Within both ABC1 and C2DE social grade categories, the largest of share of respondents indicated that they never watch English Premier League football matches, with 49 and 51 percent respectively.

Dataset population: Household Reference Persons aged 16 to 64 in households

Approximated social grade of HRP

Social Grade is the socio-economic classification used by the Market Research and Marketing Industries, most often in the analysis of spending habits and consumer attitudes. Although it is not possible to allocate Social Grade precisely from information collected by the 2011 Census, the Market Research Society has developed a method for using Census information to provide a good approximation of Social Grade.

The concept of a Household Reference Person (HRP) was introduced in the 2001 Census (in common with other government surveys in 2001/2) to replace the traditional concept of the 'head of the household'. HRPs provide an individual person within a household to act as a reference point for producing further derived statistics and for characterising a whole household according to characteristics of the chosen reference person.

Detailed characteristics tables focusing on approximated social grade - these cross tabulations of two or more topics from the 2011 Census provide the greatest level of detail possible for wards. Social grade is a socio-economic classification used by market research industries to analyse spending habits and consumer attitudes.

The majority of domestic holiday trips taken in Great Britain in 2019 were taken by middle class groups (AB and C1), with a total of 69 percent. Working class and non working British residents (DE) took just 12 percent of all domestic vacation trips.

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The Great Britain Historical Database has been assembled as part of the ongoing Great Britain Historical GIS Project. The project aims to trace the emergence of the north-south divide in Britain and to provide a synoptic view of the human geography of Britain at sub-county scales. Further information about the project is available on A Vision of Britain webpages, where users can browse the database's documentation system online.

These data were originally collected by the Censuses of Population for England and Wales, and for Scotland. They were computerised by the Great Britain Historical GIS Project and its collaborators. They form part of the Great Britain Historical Database, which contains a wide range of geographically-located statistics, selected to trace the emergence of the north-south divide in Britain and to provide a synoptic view of the human geography of Britain, generally at sub-county scales.

The first census report to tabulate social class was 1951, but this collection also includes a table from the Registrar-General's 1931 Decennial Supplement which drew on census occupational data to tabulate social class by region. In 1961 and 1971 the census used a more detailed classification of Socio-Economic Groups, from which the five Social Classes are a simplification.

This is a new edition. Data from the Census of Scotland have been added for 1951, 1961 and 1971. Wherever possible, ID numbers have been added for counties and districts which match those used in the digital boundary data created by the GBH GIS, greatly simplifying mapping.

Dataset population: Persons aged 16 to 64

Approximated social grade

Social Grade is the socio-economic classification used by the Market Research and Marketing Industries, most often in the analysis of spending habits and consumer attitudes. Although it is not possible to allocate Social Grade precisely from information collected by the 2011 Census, the Market Research Society has developed a method for using Census information to provide a good approximation of Social Grade.

Legacy unique identifier: P00031

This statistic presents the share of British adults that discuss sports whilst at work, categorized by NRS social grade. he NRS social grades are a system of demographic classification used in the United Kingdom. The grades are grouped here into ABC1 and C2DE; these are taken to equate to middle class and working class, respectively.

Within both social grades the share of respondents that do not discuss sport at work is greater than the share of respondents that do. The the ABC1 social grade had the largest share of respondents indicating that they do discuss sport at work, with 40 percent.

Immigration levels in the UK were seen as being too high in the last ten years, by approximately 71 percent of Britons in the C2DE social grade, which loosely conforms to those in working-class professions. By comparison, 60 percent of those in the ABC1 social grade, or middle-class Britons, thought immigration has been too high in the last decade.

According to a survey carried out in May to June 2020 in the United Kingdom (UK), internet users in the C2DE social grade had accessed more content illegally online when it came to nearly all media types compared to those in the ABC1 grade. This difference was the most pronounced when it came to film, live sport and digital magazines.

A 2023 survey among internet users in the United Kingdom (UK) found that users belong to the socio-economic group B (middle middle class) accounted for 31 percent of broad online users, who used the internet for nine to 13 types of online activities.

Social grade is the socio-economic classification used by the market research and marketing industries, most often in the analysis of spending habits and consumer attitudes. Source: Census 2001 Publisher: Neighbourhood Statistics Geographies: Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA), Ward, Local Authority District (LAD), Government Office Region (GOR), National Geographic coverage: England and Wales Time coverage: 2001 Type of data: Survey (census) Notes: Social Grade is the socio-economic classification used by the Market Research and Marketing Industries, most often in the analysis of spending habits and consumer attitudes.

The Intersectional Effects of Disability and Social Class on Early Adulthood is a 24-month British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant (November 2022-October 2024).

Following an intersectional approach, the project seeks to disentangle the social process implicated in the (re)production of disability-related educational and occupational disadvantage experienced by disabled young people. The project takes a qualitative approach and involves biographical interviews with working class disabled young people aged 18-31 years old.

This project’s overarching aim is to produce evidence that can be used to understand and address educational and occupational barriers faced by working class disabled young people.

Age of Household Reference Person (HRP) and dependent children by approximated social grade. Census Area Statistics Table CAS067 Source: Census 2001 Publisher: Nomis Geographies: Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA), Local Authority District (LAD), Government Office Region (GOR), National, Parliamentary Constituency, Urban area Geographic coverage: England and Wales Time coverage: 2001 Type of data: Survey (census)

This graph displays how important social identity is to adults in Great Britain in 2017 by age group. The survey showed that 25 percent of 18-24 year olds believe social identity is important, which is 4 percentage points higher than those aged 50 years and older. The majority of those aged 25 to 64 believe social identity is not important.

Sex and approximated social grade by age. Census Area Statistics Table CAS066 Source: Census 2001 Publisher: Nomis Geographies: Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA), Local Authority District (LAD), Government Office Region (GOR), National, Parliamentary Constituency, Urban area Geographic coverage: England and Wales Time coverage: 2001 Type of data: Survey (census)

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The two former official measures of social class - Social Class by Occupation (SC), previously known as Registrar General's Social Class (RGSC), and Socio-economic Groups (SEG) - were discontinued in 2001 when the National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC) was adopted as the sole official measure of social class in the UK.

Derivation Matrices for the Former Official Measures of Social Class, 2000, 2010 and 2020 provides derivation matrices for SC and SEG from the Standard Occupational Classifications 2000, 2010, and 2020 after their official discontinuation to enable their use in longitudinal data and comparative analyses.

Further information is available in the publications detailing the 2010 and 2020 work.

Derivation matrices for SC and SEG are available from the Standard Occupational Classifications for 2000, 2010, and 2020. These derivation matrices can be used on any data with the relevant occupational data.

Despite renewed interest in social class,very little is known about the meaning of class membership in twenty-first century Britain. This project aims to fill a growing gap in sociological research and political understanding by documenting the ways in which the deepest layers of everyday life are differentiated by social class. This includes: the use of space and time; daily routines and rhythms of life; geographical mobility; roles and activities in work and in the domestic sphere. The latter will cover the household division of labour, relations with children and schoolwork, leisure activities and mealtimes. To capture all this, the project will involve intensive study of some twenty family households in Bristol. The interest is in 'ordinary' representatives of the class structure rather than the most marginalised, so participants will be households in which at least one adult has full-time work and at least one child is living at home. Households will be contacted through a randomised mailout to selected areas in Bristol and suitable participants will be selected. The project will deploy an innovative mix of research methods, including qualitative time-diaries, observation, photographic methods and interviews, to document the most taken-for-granted elements of their routine everyday lives.