South 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 9,168 Show data context 69 Show data context 2,659 Show data context 1,273 Show data context 4,452 Show data context 477 Show data context 395 Show data context
1861 11,262 Show data context 12 Show data context 3,044 Show data context 1,184 Show data context 3,559 Show data context 301 Show data context 528 Show data context
1881 8,319 Show data context 543 Show data context 2,599 Show data context 1,223 Show data context 4,235 Show data context 165 Show data context 651 Show data context
1911 9,866 Show data context 28 Show data context 2,993 Show data context 2,580 Show data context 6,150 Show data context 354 Show data context 1,151 Show data context
1931 7,255 Show data context 66 Show data context 4,035 Show data context 2,261 Show data context 5,155 Show data context 262 Show data context 2,003 Show data context
1951 7,118 Show data context 39 Show data context 6,556 Show data context 3,257 Show data context 5,703 Show data context 258 Show data context 5,025 Show data context
1971 4,703 Show data context 36 Show data context 6,813 Show data context 4,833 Show data context 5,126 Show data context 1,476 Show data context 4,731 Show data context
1991 1,800 Show data context 0 Show data context 13,810 Show data context 5,844 Show data context 8,822 Show data context 7,360 Show data context 9,004 Show data context
2001 1,628 Show data context 124 Show data context 10,244 Show data context 8,561 Show data context 14,848 Show data context 14,670 Show data context 19,131 Show data context
2011 979 Show data context 67 Show data context 6,888 Show data context 8,203 Show data context 16,720 Show data context 20,651 Show data context 25,631 Show data context
2021 1,017 Show data context 50 Show data context 6,736 Show data context 8,529 Show data context 14,662 Show data context 23,389 Show data context 27,846 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, South 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/10057267/cube/IND_SECTOR_7WAY

Date accessed: 08th April 2026