Stroud District : Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way)

Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way)

Data cube chart.

Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Consumer Services Business Services Public Services
1841 4,194 Show data context 417 Show data context 2,923 Show data context 1,076 Show data context 3,116 Show data context 284 Show data context 277 Show data context
1861 6,363 Show data context 114 Show data context 9,368 Show data context 2,527 Show data context 5,107 Show data context 582 Show data context 674 Show data context
1881 3,736 Show data context 72 Show data context 9,911 Show data context 2,835 Show data context 5,717 Show data context 473 Show data context 906 Show data context
1911 5,781 Show data context 1,904 Show data context 6,591 Show data context 3,572 Show data context 8,501 Show data context 691 Show data context 1,585 Show data context
1931 2,876 Show data context 154 Show data context 10,498 Show data context 3,223 Show data context 7,670 Show data context 470 Show data context 2,081 Show data context
1951 2,377 Show data context 91 Show data context 18,371 Show data context 3,868 Show data context 6,534 Show data context 554 Show data context 4,218 Show data context
1971 1,988 Show data context 173 Show data context 14,600 Show data context 4,081 Show data context 4,565 Show data context 1,334 Show data context 4,291 Show data context
1991 1,350 Show data context 0 Show data context 10,981 Show data context 6,605 Show data context 9,055 Show data context 4,099 Show data context 7,111 Show data context
2001 1,334 Show data context 147 Show data context 10,254 Show data context 7,394 Show data context 12,410 Show data context 8,374 Show data context 12,461 Show data context
2011 768 Show data context 137 Show data context 7,227 Show data context 8,170 Show data context 13,351 Show data context 11,602 Show data context 16,087 Show data context
2021 879 Show data context 174 Show data context 5,709 Show data context 8,817 Show data context 13,708 Show data context 12,975 Show data context 17,629 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
2001 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table UV034, Industry (17 way))
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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Here we present how the economic foundations of each locality have changed over time, identifying the traditional sectors of Agriculture, Mining and Manufacturing which dominated many areas in the nineteenth century, but also breaking down Services into those which, broadly, sell directly to consumers; those which deal mainly with other buinesses, including financial services; and public services, including education and health.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Stroud District through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10032570/cube/IND_SECTOR_7WAY

Date accessed: 09th April 2026