Ashford District : Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Data cube chart.

Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Services
1841 6,501 Show data context 12 Show data context 2,339 Show data context 1,369 Show data context 5,787 Show data context
1861 6,559 Show data context 11 Show data context 2,277 Show data context 1,052 Show data context 2,871 Show data context
1881 5,046 Show data context 15 Show data context 2,570 Show data context 1,320 Show data context 4,165 Show data context
1911 4,019 Show data context 145 Show data context 3,520 Show data context 2,738 Show data context 8,496 Show data context
1931 3,997 Show data context 41 Show data context 4,560 Show data context 2,913 Show data context 8,342 Show data context
1951 4,739 Show data context 48 Show data context 4,798 Show data context 4,196 Show data context 10,202 Show data context
1971 1,422 Show data context 381 Show data context 7,303 Show data context 5,024 Show data context 10,746 Show data context
1991 1,990 Show data context 10 Show data context 6,650 Show data context 6,500 Show data context 22,441 Show data context
2001 1,438 Show data context 72 Show data context 6,783 Show data context 8,600 Show data context 31,926 Show data context
2011 951 Show data context 47 Show data context 4,986 Show data context 9,814 Show data context 41,748 Show data context
2021 998 Show data context 29 Show data context 4,236 Show data context 11,093 Show data context 47,251 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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Numbers of the two sexes tend to be balanced. Military bases led to higher proportions of men, while large numbers of domestic servants created concentrations of women.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Ashford District through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 09th April 2026