1951 Census of England and Wales, Industry Tables (Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 4 (1), Census Act, 1920), Table 3 : " Industries (Orders and Selected Units) and Status Aggregates. Occupied Males and Females aged 15 and over for Urban Areas with population of less than 50,000, RD, NT".

Show Wales Dep table	Glamorgan AdmC	Aberdar UD Bridgend UD Caerphilly UD Cardiff RD Cardiff CB Cowbridge RD Cowbridge MB Gelli Gaer UD Glyncorrwg UD Gower RD Llantrisant and Llantwit Fardre RD Llwchwr UD Maes Teg UD Merthyr Tudful CB/MB/UD Mountain Ash UD Neath MB Neath RD Ogmore and Garw UD Penarth UD Pen Y Bont RD Pontardawe RD Pont Y Pridd UD Porth Cawl UD Port Talbot MB Rhondda MB/UD Swansea CB Y Barri UD/MB

INDUSTRY	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES	367,012	119,581
Married women (included in Total)	0	35,431
Employers	7,214	1,180
Managers	12,562	3,004
Operatives	330,372	110,223
Working on own account	16,864	5,174
I. Agriculture, forestry, fishing	7,681	898
1. Agriculture and horticulture	6,564	848
II. Mining and quarrying	73,054	1,183
10. Coal mining	71,421	1,123
11-19. Other mining and quarrying	1,633	60
III. Ceramics, glass, cement, etc.	4,685	661
20. Bricks and fireclay goods	1,022	96
24. Cement	646	21
IV. Chemicals and allied trades	8,317	925
30,31,33. Coke ovens, chemicals and explosives	4,461	436
V. Metal manufacture	36,480	4,014
VI. Engineering, shipbuilding and electrical goods	20,137	5,212
50,51. Shipbuilding, marine engineering	4,156	118
54. Machine tools and engineers' small tools	549	31
56. Textile machinery and accessories	7	2
58. Constructional engineering	3,000	78
52,53,55,57,69. Other mechanical engineering	6,380	1,299
70. Electrical machinery	1,495	615
73,74. Wireless apparatus, valves and lamps	1,423	1,666
71,72,75,79. Other electrical engineering	3,127	1,403
VII. Vehicles	11,764	1,567
80. Manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles	1,010	64
81. Motor repairers and garages	4,330	306
82,83. Manufacture of aircraft; vehicle parts	2,786	1,093
VIII. Metal goods not elsewhere specified	7,654	4,653
IX. Precision instruments, jewellery, etc.	1,192	731
X. Textiles	1,583	1,275
110. Cotton spinning, doubling, etc.	11	1
111. Cotton weaving, etc.	21	24
112. Woollen and worsted	73	44
113,114. Rayon, etc. production, weaving; silk	177	193
118. Hosiery, and other knitted goods	446	482
123. Textile finishing, etc.	301	51
XI. Leather, leather goods and fur	587	471
XII. Clothing	2,941	8,627
140. Tailoring	1,202	4,057
141. Dressmaking	75	1,449
148,149. Boot and shoe making and repairing	1,276	701
XIII. Food, drink and tobacco	8,382	3,784
150-162. Food	6,301	2,685
163-168. Drink	2,003	759
XIV. Manufactures of wood and cork	4,762	661
170. Timber	793	62
171. Furniture and upholstery	2,756	488
XV. Paper and printing	3,518	1,605
180. Paper and board	1,351	484
186,189. Printing and publishing	1,986	743
XVI. Other manufacturing industries	2,932	2,980
XVII. Building and contracting	31,324	576
XVIII. Gas, electricity and water	7,553	636
210. Gas	2,157	161
211. Electricity	4,676	460
212. Water	720	15
XIX. Transport and communication	43,214	4,021
220. Railways	16,662	556
221,222. Road passenger transport	7,859	499
223. Goods transport by road	3,065	197
224-226. Sea transport, port service, etc.	10,263	282
228. Postal, telegraph, wireless communication	4,649	2,285
XX. Distributive trades	31,932	25,843
240. Dealing In coal, builders' materials, etc.	3,112	789
241. Dealing in other Industrial materials	1,868	318
242. Wholesale distribution of food and drink	2,438	727
243. Retail distribution of food and drink	11,259	8,419
244. Wholesale distribution of non-food goods	3,446	1,451
245. Retail distribution of non-food goods	8,880	13,039
246. Retail sales of sweets, tobacco, papers	929	1,100
XXI. Insurance, banking and finance	4,874	2,041
XXII. Public administration and defence	28,080	5,841
260. National government service	14,847	3,811
265. Local government service	13,233	2,030
XXIII. Professional services	13,635	18,561
271. Education	4,860	7,404
273. Medical and dental services	4,683	9,581
XXIV. Miscellaneous services	10,496	22,684
280,281. Entertainment and sport	2,506	3,530
285. Catering, hotels, etc.	4,339	10,848
286. Laundries	391	1,048
287. Dry cleaning. Job dyeing, etc.	229	868
288. Hairdressing and manicure	797	828
290,291. Private domestic service	661	4,771
Not stated and Ill-defined industry	235	131

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Using data from this table, Vision of Britain can map the following rates for within Glamorgan AdmC:

Rate	Date
Agriculture	1951
Finance & Business Services	1951
Manufacturing	1951
Mining	1951
Public Services	1951

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