East Cambridgeshire 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 6,570 Show data context 51 Show data context 1,634 Show data context 805 Show data context 2,798 Show data context 298 Show data context 248 Show data context
1861 8,047 Show data context 7 Show data context 2,086 Show data context 1,036 Show data context 2,511 Show data context 322 Show data context 364 Show data context
1881 6,629 Show data context 37 Show data context 1,551 Show data context 1,081 Show data context 2,611 Show data context 140 Show data context 525 Show data context
1911 8,106 Show data context 35 Show data context 2,322 Show data context 1,999 Show data context 4,045 Show data context 257 Show data context 718 Show data context
1931 6,709 Show data context 29 Show data context 1,759 Show data context 1,953 Show data context 4,304 Show data context 201 Show data context 1,221 Show data context
1951 6,606 Show data context 96 Show data context 1,647 Show data context 2,525 Show data context 3,643 Show data context 240 Show data context 2,458 Show data context
1971 2,706 Show data context 20 Show data context 3,733 Show data context 2,618 Show data context 2,718 Show data context 706 Show data context 2,328 Show data context
1991 2,252 Show data context 30 Show data context 3,062 Show data context 4,021 Show data context 4,880 Show data context 1,700 Show data context 3,352 Show data context
2001 1,717 Show data context 42 Show data context 5,733 Show data context 5,891 Show data context 9,402 Show data context 6,067 Show data context 8,350 Show data context
2011 1,465 Show data context 33 Show data context 4,609 Show data context 6,514 Show data context 10,810 Show data context 8,988 Show data context 11,500 Show data context
2021 1,291 Show data context 68 Show data context 3,875 Show data context 6,525 Show data context 9,627 Show data context 10,509 Show data context 12,740 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, East Cambridgeshire 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/10057255/cube/IND_SECTOR_7WAY

Date accessed: 08th April 2026