Sunderland 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 858 Show data context 840 Show data context 5,352 Show data context 5,486 Show data context 3,715 Show data context 568 Show data context 643 Show data context
1861 1,650 Show data context 4,773 Show data context 11,710 Show data context 8,003 Show data context 6,012 Show data context 790 Show data context 824 Show data context
1881 1,395 Show data context 10,704 Show data context 20,727 Show data context 9,354 Show data context 11,629 Show data context 1,732 Show data context 1,770 Show data context
1911 2,562 Show data context 21,704 Show data context 31,526 Show data context 14,385 Show data context 19,814 Show data context 3,357 Show data context 3,630 Show data context
1931 1,302 Show data context 24,694 Show data context 16,628 Show data context 10,360 Show data context 23,662 Show data context 1,917 Show data context 6,912 Show data context
1951 922 Show data context 19,041 Show data context 40,970 Show data context 15,155 Show data context 21,581 Show data context 1,921 Show data context 9,620 Show data context
1971 710 Show data context 7,784 Show data context 44,540 Show data context 14,483 Show data context 26,845 Show data context 4,802 Show data context 16,612 Show data context
1991 211 Show data context 1,396 Show data context 24,666 Show data context 12,951 Show data context 24,823 Show data context 9,002 Show data context 26,570 Show data context
2001 450 Show data context 429 Show data context 21,169 Show data context 17,760 Show data context 30,916 Show data context 13,509 Show data context 29,857 Show data context
2011 132 Show data context 441 Show data context 14,065 Show data context 18,791 Show data context 31,719 Show data context 19,406 Show data context 36,957 Show data context
2021 144 Show data context 425 Show data context 12,824 Show data context 18,115 Show data context 28,515 Show data context 18,530 Show data context 38,619 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, Sunderland 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/10057024/cube/IND_SECTOR_7WAY

Date accessed: 09th April 2026