England and Wales Country (Dep) : Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

Data cube chart.

Year A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing B: Mining & quarrying C: Manufacturing D: Electricity, gas, steam etc E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt F: Construction G: Wholesale & retail trade H: Transport & storage I: Accommodation & catering J: Information & communication K: Financial & insurance L: Real estate activities. M: Professional, scientific & technical N: Administrative & support O: Public administration & defence P: Education Q: Human health & social work R, S, T, U: Other services
1841 1,220,798 Show data context 190,188 Show data context 1,804,641 Show data context 1,130 Show data context 2,613 Show data context 317,059 Show data context 255,943 Show data context 179,568 Show data context 68,029 Show data context 940 Show data context 4,816 Show data context 5,345 Show data context 25,622 Show data context 127,592 Show data context 76,842 Show data context 51,561 Show data context 35,425 Show data context 1,071,559 Show data context
1861 1,544,254 Show data context 272,253 Show data context 2,444,094 Show data context 8,052 Show data context 6,477 Show data context 450,798 Show data context 413,351 Show data context 370,585 Show data context 184,045 Show data context 13,617 Show data context 11,876 Show data context 75,439 Show data context 48,520 Show data context 74,314 Show data context 160,209 Show data context 87,196 Show data context 49,183 Show data context 951,033 Show data context
1881 1,097,879 Show data context 450,647 Show data context 3,302,848 Show data context 16,603 Show data context 7,468 Show data context 681,168 Show data context 552,465 Show data context 588,942 Show data context 177,312 Show data context 20,962 Show data context 38,014 Show data context 12,322 Show data context 79,716 Show data context 214,156 Show data context 208,622 Show data context 161,119 Show data context 73,446 Show data context 1,689,937 Show data context
1911 1,271,254 Show data context 1,005,337 Show data context 5,351,558 Show data context 77,852 Show data context 27,635 Show data context 944,178 Show data context 1,384,603 Show data context 1,421,899 Show data context 414,177 Show data context 68,386 Show data context 144,607 Show data context 0 Show data context 102,931 Show data context 539,641 Show data context 505,463 Show data context 271,261 Show data context 192,191 Show data context 2,339,484 Show data context
1931 990,889 Show data context 929,460 Show data context 5,377,558 Show data context 182,036 Show data context 43,484 Show data context 844,609 Show data context 2,376,186 Show data context 1,342,620 Show data context 560,271 Show data context 31,000 Show data context 277,739 Show data context 58,361 Show data context 179,410 Show data context 2,033 Show data context 824,100 Show data context 362,970 Show data context 302,814 Show data context 1,928,603 Show data context
1951 957,389 Show data context 741,380 Show data context 7,230,670 Show data context 297,590 Show data context 32,281 Show data context 1,258,069 Show data context 2,628,663 Show data context 1,519,946 Show data context 805,070 Show data context 0 Show data context 401,918 Show data context 0 Show data context 270,222 Show data context 0 Show data context 1,567,823 Show data context 459,698 Show data context 560,624 Show data context 1,148,872 Show data context
1971 499,219 Show data context 349,378 Show data context 6,824,446 Show data context 287,710 Show data context 37,952 Show data context 1,474,777 Show data context 2,953,850 Show data context 1,395,511 Show data context 541,721 Show data context 354,792 Show data context 578,491 Show data context 75,208 Show data context 478,440 Show data context 158,571 Show data context 1,531,785 Show data context 1,068,826 Show data context 774,360 Show data context 695,420 Show data context
1991 387,455 Show data context 121,288 Show data context 4,384,316 Show data context 190,775 Show data context 151,874 Show data context 1,570,055 Show data context 3,364,836 Show data context 1,131,205 Show data context 982,956 Show data context 483,322 Show data context 991,871 Show data context 246,898 Show data context 809,276 Show data context 761,537 Show data context 1,400,608 Show data context 1,307,956 Show data context 1,939,293 Show data context 818,177 Show data context
2011 227,286 Show data context 46,478 Show data context 2,369,998 Show data context 151,051 Show data context 187,616 Show data context 2,043,229 Show data context 4,220,124 Show data context 1,313,316 Show data context 1,484,838 Show data context 1,055,356 Show data context 1,145,488 Show data context 384,499 Show data context 1,745,743 Show data context 1,293,788 Show data context 1,591,614 Show data context 2,628,063 Show data context 3,318,464 Show data context 1,319,385 Show data context
2021 237,014 Show data context 42,769 Show data context 2,039,938 Show data context 161,798 Show data context 203,682 Show data context 2,406,413 Show data context 4,156,625 Show data context 1,381,412 Show data context 1,363,100 Show data context 1,284,168 Show data context 1,046,831 Show data context 430,296 Show data context 1,828,823 Show data context 1,457,074 Show data context 1,646,241 Show data context 2,732,964 Show data context 4,089,576 Show data context 1,265,171 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 Great Britain Historical GIS Project Computed from 1881 microdata
1911 1911 Census of England and Wales, Occupations Vol 1, Table 15 A, 'Grouped occupations of Males and Females aged 10 years and upwards, in Administrative Counties, County Boroughs, Metropolitan Boroughs, Urban Districts of which the population exceeded 5,000 persons, aggregates of other Urban Districts, and aggregates of Rural Districts; also proportion per 1,000 of unmarried, married, widowed, and of married and widowed women engaged in occupations, and proportion of female domestic servants to separate occupiers or families, 1911 - Males'
1931 1931 Census of England and Wales, Industry, Table 3 , 'Industries (condensed list) of Males and Females (exclusive of persons out of work)'
1951 1951 Census of England and Wales, Industry, 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'
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'
1991 Census of Population
2011 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table KS605UK - Industry)
2021 Office for National Statistics, ONS "Create a Custom Dataset" ("Industry (current)" (19 way))

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This simple four-way classification of ethnicity can be presented for four recent censuses.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, England and Wales Country (Dep) through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Standard Industrial Classification (2007), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 04th June 2026