Bradford 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 1,971 Show data context 937 Show data context 16,282 Show data context 1,696 Show data context 3,743 Show data context 411 Show data context 352 Show data context
1861 5,748 Show data context 3,669 Show data context 48,426 Show data context 6,381 Show data context 9,982 Show data context 1,226 Show data context 1,041 Show data context
1881 4,014 Show data context 4,865 Show data context 97,383 Show data context 17,214 Show data context 23,502 Show data context 4,206 Show data context 3,444 Show data context
1911 4,158 Show data context 13,300 Show data context 124,227 Show data context 26,486 Show data context 40,081 Show data context 10,100 Show data context 7,012 Show data context
1931 3,205 Show data context 1,218 Show data context 115,359 Show data context 20,772 Show data context 48,993 Show data context 4,517 Show data context 13,925 Show data context
1951 2,611 Show data context 301 Show data context 124,964 Show data context 24,528 Show data context 49,980 Show data context 6,149 Show data context 15,582 Show data context
1971 1,626 Show data context 5,206 Show data context 83,209 Show data context 23,878 Show data context 44,120 Show data context 13,046 Show data context 27,135 Show data context
1991 960 Show data context 70 Show data context 48,088 Show data context 21,144 Show data context 51,077 Show data context 23,700 Show data context 41,840 Show data context
2001 1,143 Show data context 154 Show data context 35,619 Show data context 23,933 Show data context 53,144 Show data context 29,877 Show data context 47,343 Show data context
2011 621 Show data context 123 Show data context 24,761 Show data context 29,032 Show data context 59,704 Show data context 41,136 Show data context 63,560 Show data context
2021 636 Show data context 125 Show data context 20,422 Show data context 31,256 Show data context 57,726 Show data context 41,051 Show data context 69,939 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, Bradford 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