§ Mr. Hodgsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services taking the latest census figures available, if he will show the percentage breakdown for comparison purposes for the United Kingdom, the West Midland County Council and the Walsall, North parliamentary division, respectively, of an abbreviated breakdown of the population by age, sex and place of birth, an abbreviated breakdown of the active and retired population by socio-economic groups and the number of private households owning cars.
§ Mr. DeakinsThe following analyses are available from the 1971 Census of Population:
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ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE PERSONS, AND RETIRED MALES, ENUMERATED IN THE AREA BY SOCIO-ECONOMIC GROUP Percentages Great Britain West Midlands County Walsall North Constituency Socio-economic group Economically active persons Retired males Economically active persons Retired males Economically active persons Retired males 1. Employers and managers in industry—large establishments 2.8 2.0 2.8 1.2 1.8 — 2. Employers and managers in industry, commerce, etc.— small establishments 6.2 9.2 4.8 6.8 3.3 5.8 3. Professional workers—employers 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.1 — 4. Professional workers—employees 2.9 1.9 2.5 1.2 1.2 — 5. Foremen and supervisors—non-manual 7.6 3.4 6.0 2.8 3.3 1.0 6. Junior non-manual workers… 21.2 11.4 19.8 10.2 15.4 8.1 7. Personal service workers 5.2 0.6 4.0 0.3 3.2 0.3 8. Foremen and supervisors—manual 2.5 3.6 2.8 4.1 3.7 3.9 9. Skilled manual workers 21.2 22.1 25.6 26.5 33.9 34.2 10. Semi-skilled manual workers 12.7 11.5 17.8 14.7 20.8 13.5 11. Unskilled manual workers 7.5 9.1 7.6 9.2 8.0 16.8 12. Own account workers—other than professional 3.5 2.8 2.7 2.0 3.0 1.6 13. Farmers—employers and managers 0.5 1.5 0.0 0.1 — — 14. Farmers—own account 0.6 1.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 — 15. Agricultural workers 1.2 1.9 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 16. Members of armed forces 1.0 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 17. Inadequately described occupations 2.7 16.5 2.8 20.3 2.1 14.2 Total number ('000) (=100 per cent.) 25,067 2,307 1,368 96 49 3
PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS WITH CARS AVAILABLE Great Britain West Midlands County Walsall North Constituency Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Households with cars … 9,271,346 51.0 452,492 49.5 14,457 45.3 Total households … 18,195,965 100.0 914,720 100.0 32,916 100.0 Notes: 1. The analyses by place of birth and by socio-economic group are given only for Great Britain because the figures for the United Kingdom are not yet available. 2. The populations of parliamentary constituencies have not been analysed by age and place of birth and so the age analysis has been omitted throughout the comparison; but regional and sub-regional data on age by country of birth is published in the 1971 Census Tables: Great Britain—Country of Birth. 3. The distribution by socio-economic group is based on a 10 per cent. sample. Retired females are omitted from the analyses because figures are not available for the constituency.