What class are you?
Royalty (titled, polo, royal enclosures, personal tailor, servants, estate in country with 10,000s, town house in London). ~0.01% of population.
Upper class (educated at private school, at least 3 generations of wealth in family, educated at red-brick university, has a country cottage, likes art, music, high culture, fine food, very discreet). ~0.3% of population.
Upper middle class (doctors, barristers, engineers, managers, administrators, professors earning €150k plus. D4/D6/Howth/Dalkey/etc.) ~0.7% of population.
Middle class (€50k to €100k, family history not really relevant, own house, pension, holidays twice a year, 2008 Ford Mondeo, university educated). ~4% of population.
Lower middle class (€30k to €50k, owns flat/rents, implementer/functionary, may not have degree/diploma, travels by bus, MBNA credit card). ~25% of population.
Upper working class (50k+, owns house, drives big car, self-made man/woman, holidays in Costa del Sol, no university education, 2008 Isuzu D-Max in driveway). ~15% of population.
Working class (€25 to €50k, drinks in the local, loves watching sport on the telly, holidays once a year, probably works for the Corpo). ~25% of the population.
Lower working class (factory worker, labourer, works with hands, not the brightest, lives for the weekend) ~10% of population
Underclass I (single mothers, long-term unemployed, totally dependent on the State) ~10% of population
Underclass II (prisoners, junkies, criminals) ~3% of population
