Dartford 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 810 Show data context 1 Show data context 291 Show data context 170 Show data context 574 Show data context 61 Show data context 85 Show data context
1861 1,096 Show data context 4 Show data context 921 Show data context 533 Show data context 864 Show data context 117 Show data context 165 Show data context
1881 912 Show data context 33 Show data context 2,533 Show data context 1,013 Show data context 1,778 Show data context 173 Show data context 412 Show data context
1911 3,580 Show data context 137 Show data context 3,962 Show data context 3,152 Show data context 6,559 Show data context 807 Show data context 2,030 Show data context
1931 1,723 Show data context 187 Show data context 9,261 Show data context 2,933 Show data context 4,658 Show data context 586 Show data context 3,178 Show data context
1951 1,569 Show data context 59 Show data context 13,428 Show data context 4,273 Show data context 5,081 Show data context 411 Show data context 4,894 Show data context
1971 1,308 Show data context 352 Show data context 7,183 Show data context 4,900 Show data context 4,985 Show data context 1,579 Show data context 3,901 Show data context
1991 570 Show data context 40 Show data context 7,989 Show data context 8,021 Show data context 7,661 Show data context 2,910 Show data context 7,178 Show data context
2001 332 Show data context 69 Show data context 5,579 Show data context 7,908 Show data context 11,145 Show data context 7,875 Show data context 9,312 Show data context
2011 106 Show data context 44 Show data context 3,202 Show data context 9,392 Show data context 13,011 Show data context 10,922 Show data context 12,934 Show data context
2021 99 Show data context 52 Show data context 2,686 Show data context 11,701 Show data context 13,448 Show data context 14,028 Show data context 16,818 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.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Dartford District through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10056470/cube/IND_SECTOR_7WAY

Date accessed: 08th April 2026