Ribble Valley District : Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

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Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Services
1841 5,112 Show data context 1,674 Show data context 20,124 Show data context 2,344 Show data context 6,096 Show data context
1861 5,067 Show data context 647 Show data context 17,080 Show data context 1,766 Show data context 4,588 Show data context
1881 2,626 Show data context 334 Show data context 7,672 Show data context 1,230 Show data context 3,203 Show data context
1911 2,675 Show data context 1,949 Show data context 8,465 Show data context 1,913 Show data context 4,555 Show data context
1931 2,899 Show data context 322 Show data context 7,345 Show data context 1,763 Show data context 5,842 Show data context
1951 2,793 Show data context 537 Show data context 7,589 Show data context 2,106 Show data context 5,855 Show data context
1971 457 Show data context 538 Show data context 7,711 Show data context 2,244 Show data context 5,534 Show data context
1991 1,480 Show data context 50 Show data context 4,851 Show data context 2,746 Show data context 10,456 Show data context
2001 1,008 Show data context 78 Show data context 5,117 Show data context 2,995 Show data context 17,194 Show data context
2011 835 Show data context 37 Show data context 3,760 Show data context 3,272 Show data context 20,809 Show data context
2021 859 Show data context 41 Show data context 3,281 Show data context 3,846 Show data context 22,309 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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The early censuses reported the total number of families rather than households, and then sometimes provided a classification of families by occupation.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Ribble Valley District through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 10th April 2026