Brighton and Hove Unitary Authority (UA) : 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 1,205 Show data context 9 Show data context 3,926 Show data context 2,254 Show data context 8,211 Show data context 546 Show data context 863 Show data context
1861 1,960 Show data context 13 Show data context 8,456 Show data context 4,784 Show data context 14,558 Show data context 1,524 Show data context 2,150 Show data context
1881 1,825 Show data context 32 Show data context 11,169 Show data context 9,507 Show data context 24,827 Show data context 2,356 Show data context 3,190 Show data context
1911 2,472 Show data context 62 Show data context 15,644 Show data context 14,722 Show data context 41,932 Show data context 5,108 Show data context 6,911 Show data context
1931 1,380 Show data context 20 Show data context 15,809 Show data context 15,457 Show data context 44,695 Show data context 4,242 Show data context 9,436 Show data context
1951 712 Show data context 6 Show data context 20,607 Show data context 18,114 Show data context 36,197 Show data context 5,232 Show data context 12,222 Show data context
1971 496 Show data context 15 Show data context 18,946 Show data context 18,338 Show data context 30,463 Show data context 11,536 Show data context 19,978 Show data context
1991 311 Show data context 0 Show data context 7,498 Show data context 15,133 Show data context 25,787 Show data context 25,167 Show data context 23,325 Show data context
2001 630 Show data context 90 Show data context 8,981 Show data context 18,717 Show data context 31,018 Show data context 27,023 Show data context 31,060 Show data context
2011 151 Show data context 64 Show data context 5,237 Show data context 16,257 Show data context 37,544 Show data context 38,246 Show data context 42,324 Show data context
2021 221 Show data context 66 Show data context 4,547 Show data context 15,445 Show data context 35,039 Show data context 37,721 Show data context 46,328 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, Brighton and Hove Unitary Authority (UA) through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 09th April 2026