Waltham Forest 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	496	1	931	1	2	158	193	181	34	0	4	3	13	100	48	30	26	487
1861	851	7	1,930	12	12	804	492	1,010	206	16	33	109	88	181	119	136	59	1,516
1881	766	7	3,371	14	16	1,925	1,232	1,009	300	68	185	39	281	1,221	298	381	184	3,154
1911	774	170	35,827	629	138	8,851	11,927	11,514	2,413	847	1,700	0	962	10,038	3,896	2,020	1,003	10,398
1931	466	36	47,289	1,718	413	8,142	23,454	13,912	3,047	805	4,242	626	2,074	14	4,907	2,281	1,904	9,302
1951	116	3	40,487	1,466	268	6,197	11,400	4,934	2,774	0	985	0	463	0	3,250	2,215	3,084	5,716
1971	40	0	28,400	800	270	5,690	13,300	5,550	1,010	1,180	1,250	260	1,030	470	4,350	3,990	3,960	4,050
2011	70	51	4,216	244	622	11,547	16,551	6,647	9,290	5,861	5,728	2,290	8,280	8,185	6,632	13,508	13,666	7,633
2021	73	47	4,097	373	491	14,855	17,352	6,591	8,284	9,514	5,394	2,559	12,710	9,485	7,292	15,069	17,468	8,716

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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The early censuses 1801-31 used this very simple classification of occupations. The cemsuses of Great Britain from 1811 onwards applied it to families rather than persons, and all families were included under one of these headings.

Waltham Forest District : Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

Standard Industrial Classification (2007)