Socio-Economic Groups 4 and 5

HC Deb 12 November 1974 vol 881 c54W

25. Mr. Carter

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people make up socio-economic groups 4 and 5.

Mr. Alec Jones

Following is the information—

At the 1971 census there were the following numbers of persons in Great Britain aged 15 and over who were economically active or retired:

	million
Socio-economic group 4
Professional workers who are employees	0.8
Socio-economic group 5
Intermediate non-manual workers	2.1
Social class 4
Partly skilled occupations Social class 5	5.6
Unskilled occupations	2.2