The Vale of Glamorgan 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 1,558 Show data context 999 Show data context 1,226 Show data context 540 Show data context 1,239 Show data context 83 Show data context 59 Show data context
1861 2,870 Show data context 1,125 Show data context 3,043 Show data context 2,679 Show data context 2,583 Show data context 303 Show data context 295 Show data context
1881 1,816 Show data context 137 Show data context 896 Show data context 1,358 Show data context 1,944 Show data context 161 Show data context 271 Show data context
1911 825 Show data context 9,312 Show data context 4,928 Show data context 4,018 Show data context 4,492 Show data context 729 Show data context 922 Show data context
1931 1,159 Show data context 984 Show data context 4,491 Show data context 7,435 Show data context 8,772 Show data context 886 Show data context 2,752 Show data context
1951 1,271 Show data context 2,049 Show data context 6,505 Show data context 7,051 Show data context 5,955 Show data context 459 Show data context 9,585 Show data context
1971 625 Show data context 4,749 Show data context 12,513 Show data context 6,249 Show data context 5,534 Show data context 1,248 Show data context 5,488 Show data context
1991 956 Show data context 58 Show data context 7,476 Show data context 6,534 Show data context 9,073 Show data context 4,091 Show data context 12,077 Show data context
2001 543 Show data context 105 Show data context 6,562 Show data context 7,600 Show data context 13,267 Show data context 8,130 Show data context 15,862 Show data context
2011 402 Show data context 80 Show data context 4,145 Show data context 8,207 Show data context 14,492 Show data context 10,896 Show data context 20,756 Show data context
2021 389 Show data context 66 Show data context 3,063 Show data context 7,680 Show data context 13,387 Show data context 12,458 Show data context 22,869 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, The Vale of Glamorgan District through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 08th April 2026