Simplified Industrial Structure

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Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Consumer Services Business Services Public Services
1841 1,983 Show data context 2 Show data context 1,311 Show data context 395 Show data context 1,333 Show data context 133 Show data context 123 Show data context
1861 2,236 Show data context 0 Show data context 3,135 Show data context 498 Show data context 1,541 Show data context 131 Show data context 167 Show data context
1881 1,632 Show data context 9 Show data context 3,433 Show data context 988 Show data context 1,985 Show data context 201 Show data context 324 Show data context
1911 3,046 Show data context 42 Show data context 3,875 Show data context 2,940 Show data context 6,363 Show data context 930 Show data context 1,278 Show data context
1931 1,414 Show data context 75 Show data context 6,380 Show data context 4,394 Show data context 7,595 Show data context 1,198 Show data context 2,963 Show data context
1951 1,367 Show data context 127 Show data context 10,398 Show data context 4,538 Show data context 8,121 Show data context 1,216 Show data context 5,374 Show data context
1971 725 Show data context 124 Show data context 14,952 Show data context 6,412 Show data context 9,810 Show data context 4,852 Show data context 8,555 Show data context
1991 470 Show data context 80 Show data context 7,290 Show data context 6,092 Show data context 13,202 Show data context 10,351 Show data context 12,903 Show data context
2011 228 Show data context 34 Show data context 2,695 Show data context 7,811 Show data context 17,171 Show data context 17,378 Show data context 16,214 Show data context
Date: Source:
1841 1841 Census of Great Britain, Occupations, Table [1] , 'Occupation Abstract'
1861 1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 17 , 'Occupations of Males aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1881 - 2011 Census of Population
1971 1971 Census of England and Wales, Economic activity County Leaflets, Table 3 , 'Industry and status by area of workplace and sex', for 'County, county boroughs, urban areas with populations of 50,000 or more, conurbation centres'

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The 1831 census gave numbers of males aged over 20 in each of nine occupational categories and, of course, the total number of males aged over 20. No other information on age structure was reported, so this statistic is only of interest for calculating proportions in the different occupational groups.


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Date accessed: 05th November 2024