HC Deb 12 December 1985 vol 88 c758W
Mr. Alfred Morris

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the percentage of the population in each English region living in households of social class I or II.

Mr. Whitney

The following information is available from the 1981 census of population.

Percentage of the population in households with head in Social Class I or II
Region Percentage
North 18.1
Yorkshire and Humberside 20.2
East Midlands 21.9
East Anglia 24.1
South-East 28.0
South-West 24.6
West Midlands 21.2
North-West 20.9
England 23.8

Notes:

1. Social classes I and II comprise mainly professional and managerial occupations.

2. Only economically active heads of household have been assigned a social class. Comparable figures for households in other social classes, and for households where the head is not economically active, are shown in the 1981 census publication "Key Statistics for Local Authorities" (Table 5).

Mr. Alfred Morris

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what were the changes in population between 1961 and 1983 for the south-east outside Greater London, the English regions and the United Kingdom.

Mr. Whitney

The information requested has been taken from table 2.1 ofRegional Trends 20 (1985) and is as follows:

Area Resident population at 30 June Change
1961 1983 1961–83
North 3,113,000 3,100,100 —12,900
Yorkshire and Humberside 4,677,000 4,908,500 †231,500
East Midlands 3,330,000 3,859,800 †529,800
East Anglia 1,489,000 1,925 ,200 †436,200
South-East 16,071,000 17,041,800 †970,800
Greater London 7,977,000 6,754,500 †1,222,500
South-East outside Greater London 8,094,000 10,287,300 †2,193,300
South-West 3,712,000 4,424,100 †712,100
West Midlands 4,762,000 5,176,300 †414,300
North-West 6,407,000 6,410,100 †3,100
Wales 2,635,000 2,807,800 †172,800
Scotland 5,184,000 5,150,400 —33,600
United Kingdom 52,807,000 56,376,800 †3,569,800

Some additional information for intervening years will be found in Population Trends—tables 2 and 3.