Wirral 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	1,530	163	2,709	1	2	314	201	170	66	0	2	4	17	129	33	54	18	1,274
1861	2,301	292	5,286	31	22	2,218	1,397	3,050	649	39	248	312	236	1,037	580	448	133	4,417
1881	2,123	181	10,448	87	30	3,891	3,418	6,133	909	100	391	80	530	2,276	926	971	357	10,199
1911	3,195	360	28,530	648	189	5,579	10,514	14,698	2,263	465	1,668	0	778	6,209	2,345	1,962	1,194	15,668
1931	2,285	159	25,539	1,387	229	5,881	22,557	16,469	3,091	196	3,619	510	1,674	19	5,985	3,049	2,393	17,011
1951	1,580	38	37,349	1,864	217	8,862	15,464	14,403	4,190	0	1,509	0	572	0	9,372	3,003	4,280	9,433
1971	1,177	112	43,294	1,690	303	9,460	16,954	8,947	2,984	992	1,765	352	1,522	1,242	7,361	6,805	5,676	4,953
2011	204	187	14,043	642	1,151	9,701	20,296	6,228	6,780	3,411	4,948	2,312	8,798	6,289	10,779	14,484	22,874	6,802
2021	289	243	11,123	760	1,142	10,416	19,617	6,109	6,345	3,800	4,238	2,338	8,536	6,990	10,723	13,976	26,679	6,145

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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Wirral District : Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

Standard Industrial Classification (2007)