The seven social classes
• Elite –the most privileged group in the UK. especially because of their wealth but also have the highest levels of social and cultural capital.
• Established Middle Class – this is the second wealthiest class group and it scores highly on all three capitals. It is the largest and highly gregarious class group and scores second highest for cultural capital.
• Technical Middle Class – this is a small, distinctive new class group that is prosperous but scores low for social and cultural capital. It is distinguished by its social isolation and cultural apathy.
• New Affluent Workers – this young class group is socially and culturally active, with middling levels of economic capital.
• Traditional Working Class – this class scores low on all forms of capital, but is not completely deprived. Its members have a reasonably high house values, which is explained by this group having the oldest average age of 66.
• Emergent Service Workers – this new, young, urban group is relatively poor but has high social and cultural capital.
• Precariat (The precarious proletariat) – this is the poorest, most deprived class and scores low for social and cultural capital.