Dorset Poor Law/Registration County : 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 821 Show data context 54 Show data context
Defence of the Country 1,339 Show data context
Professions & Arts 1,188 Show data context 874 Show data context
Wives, Mothers, Children 54 Show data context 27,643 Show data context
Personal [Services] 1,519 Show data context 6,270 Show data context
[Business Persons & Traders] 602 Show data context 209 Show data context
[Transport] 2,105 Show data context 51 Show data context
[Farming] 18,452 Show data context 4,163 Show data context
Engaged about Animals 1,142 Show data context 0 Show data context
Art & Mechanic Productions 5,586 Show data context 286 Show data context
Textiles & Dress 3,499 Show data context 9,624 Show data context
Food & Drink 2,974 Show data context 630 Show data context
Animal Substances 237 Show data context 3 Show data context
Vegetable Substances 1,062 Show data context 23 Show data context
Mineral Substances 3,267 Show data context 40 Show data context
KKBranch of Labour undefined 2,543 Show data context 55 Show data context
Persons of Rank or Property 221 Show data context 760 Show data context
Supported by the Community 264 Show data context 822 Show data context
Unknown 351 Show data context 803 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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nCube definition


Number of persons leaving school with or without basic qualifications. How this was calculated varies between censuses: In 1951 it reflects whether they stayed at school to age 15. In 2001-21 whether or not they left school with qualifications.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Dorset Poor Law/Registration County 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/10024985/cube/OCC_ORD1861_OVER20

Date accessed: 11th June 2026