Vision of Ireland | 1951 Census: Industry

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".

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INDUSTRY	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES	25,748	9,983
Married women (included in Total)	0	2,907
Employers	1,238	303
Managers	1,227	329
Operatives	20,765	8,435
Working on own account	2,518	916
I. Agriculture, forestry, fishing	2,662	323
1. Agriculture and horticulture	2,545	323
II. Mining and quarrying	25	0
10. Coal mining	4	0
11-19. Other mining and quarrying	21	0
III. Ceramics, glass, cement, etc.	121	5
20. Bricks and fireclay goods	37	1
24. Cement	12	1
IV. Chemicals and allied trades	10	0
30,31,33. Coke ovens, chemicals and explosives	4	0
V. Metal manufacture	11	2
VI. Engineering, shipbuilding and electrical goods	2,391	127
50,51. Shipbuilding, marine engineering	2,236	121
54. Machine tools and engineers' small tools	2	0
56. Textile machinery and accessories	2	0
58. Constructional engineering	13	0
52,53,55,57,69. Other mechanical engineering	93	5
70. Electrical machinery	3	0
73,74. Wireless apparatus, valves and lamps	21	0
71,72,75,79. Other electrical engineering	21	1
VII. Vehicles	2,037	216
80. Manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles	26	2
81. Motor repairers and garages	597	45
82,83. Manufacture of aircraft; vehicle parts	1,337	169
VIII. Metal goods not elsewhere specified	128	11
IX. Precision instruments, jewellery, etc.	54	6
X. Textiles	81	33
110. Cotton spinning, doubling, etc.	0	0
111. Cotton weaving, etc.	0	0
112. Woollen and worsted	0	1
113,114. Rayon, etc. production, weaving; silk	1	0
118. Hosiery, and other knitted goods	0	0
123. Textile finishing, etc.	0	0
XI. Leather, leather goods and fur	12	2
XII. Clothing	128	106
140. Tailoring	37	24
141. Dressmaking	2	66
148,149. Boot and shoe making and repairing	87	6
XIII. Food, drink and tobacco	675	175
150-162. Food	484	109
163-168. Drink	189	66
XIV. Manufactures of wood and cork	613	111
170. Timber	509	104
171. Furniture and upholstery	61	4
XV. Paper and printing	251	122
180. Paper and board	0	0
186,189. Printing and publishing	247	121
XVI. Other manufacturing industries	37	32
XVII. Building and contracting	3,205	65
XVIII. Gas, electricity and water	872	87
210. Gas	341	19
211. Electricity	466	68
212. Water	65	0
XIX. Transport and communication	2,524	350
220. Railways	610	15
221,222. Road passenger transport	538	101
223. Goods transport by road	364	29
224-226. Sea transport, port service, etc.	499	15
228. Postal, telegraph, wireless communication	471	180
XX. Distributive trades	2,829	2,308
240. Dealing In coal, builders' materials, etc.	334	61
241. Dealing in other Industrial materials	100	17
242. Wholesale distribution of food and drink	135	57
243. Retail distribution of food and drink	1,093	823
244. Wholesale distribution of non-food goods	130	41
245. Retail distribution of non-food goods	915	1,141
246. Retail sales of sweets, tobacco, papers	122	168
XXI. Insurance, banking and finance	370	107
XXII. Public administration and defence	3,006	304
260. National government service	2,054	124
265. Local government service	952	180
XXIII. Professional services	1,264	1,761
271. Education	327	572
273. Medical and dental services	519	871
XXIV. Miscellaneous services	2,423	3,716
280,281. Entertainment and sport	292	149
285. Catering, hotels, etc.	1,291	1,847
286. Laundries	78	234
287. Dry cleaning. Job dyeing, etc.	24	53
288. Hairdressing and manicure	87	139
290,291. Private domestic service	503	1,237
Not stated and Ill-defined industry	19	14

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

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

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