Neath Port Talbot 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 2,053 Show data context 1,451 Show data context 2,115 Show data context 986 Show data context 2,056 Show data context 161 Show data context 110 Show data context
1861 1,659 Show data context 2,892 Show data context 4,250 Show data context 1,584 Show data context 1,917 Show data context 168 Show data context 190 Show data context
1881 1,037 Show data context 4,156 Show data context 8,633 Show data context 2,410 Show data context 4,228 Show data context 440 Show data context 517 Show data context
1911 2,818 Show data context 17,516 Show data context 10,492 Show data context 7,177 Show data context 8,059 Show data context 1,375 Show data context 1,761 Show data context
1931 1,077 Show data context 14,854 Show data context 14,695 Show data context 6,416 Show data context 9,529 Show data context 821 Show data context 2,990 Show data context
1951 1,104 Show data context 18,909 Show data context 31,239 Show data context 15,113 Show data context 9,975 Show data context 1,021 Show data context 4,594 Show data context
1971 656 Show data context 4,563 Show data context 30,545 Show data context 14,376 Show data context 7,962 Show data context 1,716 Show data context 7,079 Show data context
1991 450 Show data context 928 Show data context 15,214 Show data context 7,318 Show data context 8,489 Show data context 3,203 Show data context 9,621 Show data context
2001 341 Show data context 388 Show data context 10,920 Show data context 7,182 Show data context 11,585 Show data context 5,389 Show data context 14,253 Show data context
2011 207 Show data context 420 Show data context 8,534 Show data context 8,444 Show data context 13,982 Show data context 7,855 Show data context 19,538 Show data context
2021 249 Show data context 259 Show data context 6,575 Show data context 8,765 Show data context 12,734 Show data context 8,200 Show data context 22,420 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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nCube definition


Occupations of both sexes classified into Socio-Economic Groups. This structure was used by the censuses between 1961 and 1991.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Neath Port Talbot District 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