Lewisham 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	623	1	2,661	1	3	514	576	654	109	0	12	12	17	225	345	98	79	1,245
1861	1,094	18	7,032	41	24	2,015	1,641	2,046	654	48	119	295	278	490	4,457	458	341	4,690
1881	1,676	63	12,833	207	60	5,347	5,019	4,508	1,092	259	688	157	1,049	3,495	1,272	1,483	869	14,426
1911	1,166	143	29,307	1,224	230	8,214	14,286	14,216	2,838	927	2,866	0	1,536	12,261	5,063	3,038	1,912	20,405
1931	491	43	42,416	4,031	428	8,803	26,582	17,954	4,899	1,004	5,839	778	2,783	16	8,531	3,903	3,239	13,425
1951	88	5	22,330	2,071	227	8,906	13,965	8,414	3,448	0	1,219	0	708	0	5,592	2,611	3,217	5,910
1971	50	20	16,550	1,150	210	7,250	13,700	6,910	1,450	1,740	1,460	320	1,220	660	7,510	6,730	4,370	3,450
2011	42	100	2,906	328	440	7,484	15,527	5,618	9,818	8,883	8,564	2,562	12,784	8,259	8,599	15,733	17,374	11,036
2021	94	90	3,474	427	366	9,303	16,614	5,806	8,996	12,215	8,891	2,971	15,990	9,435	8,694	16,882	23,235	12,223

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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Lewisham District : Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

Standard Industrial Classification (2007)