England and Wales Country (Dep) : Persons aged 20 & over by Sex & 1861 Occupational Order

Persons aged 20 & over by Sex & 1861 Occupational Order

Data cube chart.

Data for 1861 Sex
1861 Occupational Orders Male Female
National & Local Government 79,592 Show data context 3,720 Show data context
Defence of the Country 112,753 Show data context
Professions & Arts 146,810 Show data context 76,021 Show data context
Wives, Mothers, Children 12,288 Show data context 3,147,430 Show data context
Personal [Services] 171,310 Show data context 773,018 Show data context
[Business Persons & Traders] 130,762 Show data context 27,547 Show data context
[Transport] 336,085 Show data context 6,219 Show data context
[Farming] 1,213,043 Show data context 318,257 Show data context
Engaged about Animals 73,922 Show data context 281 Show data context
Art & Mechanic Productions 737,238 Show data context 49,178 Show data context
Textiles & Dress 678,951 Show data context 990,243 Show data context
Food & Drink 292,342 Show data context 77,119 Show data context
Animal Substances 40,809 Show data context 4,332 Show data context
Vegetable Substances 104,446 Show data context 12,312 Show data context
Mineral Substances 728,602 Show data context 31,226 Show data context
KKBranch of Labour undefined 284,053 Show data context 8,283 Show data context
Persons of Rank or Property 22,539 Show data context 86,641 Show data context
Supported by the Community 16,969 Show data context 54,016 Show data context
Unknown 48,058 Show data context 87,142 Show data context

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Date Acknowledgments
1861 David Allan Gatley (School of Social Sciences, University of Staffordshire). Role: transcriber. Restrictions on use: the contributor must be acknowledged but the data may be freely used for non-commercial purposes.

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Although the Agricultural Census reported on the same lists of counties and parishes as other reports, like the Census of Population, the acreages differ because the Agricultural Census usually included the whole of a farm within the parish in which the farmhouse was located. In mapping the 1801 Crop Returns, we use parish acreages from the 1831 Census of Population, if available, and otherwise the 1851 Census of Population. For counties in 1801, we include only the acreages of parishes which are included in the ...


returns and for which we have been able to find an acreage as these are the most appropriate areas to use as divisors if rates are to be computed relative to the total area of the unit, rather than the farmed area. Where available the total figure for the unit area excluding water is used here.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, England and Wales Country (Dep) through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Persons aged 20 & over by Sex & 1861 Occupational Order, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10001043/cube/OCC_ORD1861_OVER20

Date accessed: 11th June 2026