Southwark District through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

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Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

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Year	A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	B: Mining & quarrying	C: Manufacturing	D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	F: Construction	G: Wholesale & retail trade	H: Transport & storage	I: Accommodation & catering	J: Information & communication	K: Financial & insurance	L: Real estate activities.	M: Professional, scientific & technical	N: Administrative & support	O: Public administration & defence	P: Education	Q: Human health & social work	R, S, T, U: Other services
1841	565	35	21,807	27	74	3,368	4,902	4,875	679	17	162	62	343	1,975	811	514	843	9,239
1861	1,906	91	50,487	340	221	9,018	11,830	14,546	4,016	1,058	454	1,209	1,654	3,448	2,132	1,579	1,795	17,769
1881	2,079	251	72,156	459	256	15,991	15,894	21,959	5,563	1,171	1,417	288	2,825	10,993	3,914	2,826	2,178	27,761
1911	585	375	93,438	1,632	555	15,789	28,138	40,193	11,140	2,718	2,750	0	2,111	16,452	8,856	2,583	2,705	30,058
1931	260	73	91,855	3,656	1,233	11,514	45,144	30,331	16,189	1,763	5,244	2,034	3,407	20	11,246	2,971	4,716	17,485
1951	96	47	68,453	4,764	235	13,879	32,164	29,742	7,827	0	4,833	0	2,124	0	8,300	3,502	6,338	8,133
1971	40	10	32,680	3,570	90	10,020	22,730	19,210	2,910	7,740	3,850	290	2,710	1,850	17,390	7,400	7,080	4,450
2011	75	164	2,771	262	370	5,988	14,602	5,561	12,005	10,646	12,717	2,293	18,863	10,712	7,481	13,692	18,357	10,829
2021	119	170	3,585	617	326	7,123	15,695	5,598	9,945	14,435	12,840	2,938	22,615	11,758	8,935	14,635	24,219	11,492

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
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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This classification of industry is that used by the 2021 Census, and forms the basic for our standardisation of historical information on industrial structure. The modern data are a classification of workers by their employers' business and count them by their place of work. However, before 1951 they are counted by place of residence, and before 1921 workers have to be classified by their individual occupations.

Southwark District : Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

Standard Industrial Classification (2007)