Swansea 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	1,739	1,217	3,204	3	1	890	536	701	230	0	14	16	74	215	142	82	54	2,239
1861	2,769	1,571	5,609	9	22	1,317	1,137	2,271	533	27	29	182	133	145	177	191	80	2,312
1881	1,835	2,943	9,569	16	4	1,265	618	1,081	248	20	39	8	123	197	136	284	64	2,903
1911	2,404	8,590	24,417	265	62	4,920	6,069	10,060	1,513	229	674	0	435	2,443	1,139	1,350	606	7,276
1931	2,353	5,353	21,438	611	111	2,789	11,374	9,576	1,852	62	974	121	733	5	2,840	1,912	1,003	6,807
1951	1,872	3,723	28,891	1,424	127	4,499	11,432	10,119	2,714	0	1,247	0	873	0	3,649	2,116	2,597	3,189
1971	408	2,146	22,956	1,193	232	7,334	14,510	8,209	2,636	650	1,907	212	1,307	337	5,938	5,850	4,340	2,204
2011	401	142	7,389	404	785	7,360	17,486	4,158	6,873	3,045	3,539	1,370	4,269	4,142	9,736	11,338	15,621	4,735
2021	425	138	5,995	444	716	7,551	15,751	4,097	5,602	2,664	3,636	1,352	4,129	4,054	11,067	10,824	18,337	3,848

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.

Swansea District : Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

Standard Industrial Classification (2007)