Tower Hamlets District : Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

Data cube chart.

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 469 Show data context 6 Show data context 32,337 Show data context 51 Show data context 80 Show data context 4,441 Show data context 6,589 Show data context 6,600 Show data context 991 Show data context 15 Show data context 133 Show data context 72 Show data context 416 Show data context 3,228 Show data context 1,556 Show data context 788 Show data context 825 Show data context 12,421 Show data context
1861 1,126 Show data context 95 Show data context 80,818 Show data context 399 Show data context 278 Show data context 9,361 Show data context 13,468 Show data context 25,332 Show data context 4,416 Show data context 676 Show data context 339 Show data context 948 Show data context 891 Show data context 2,459 Show data context 3,178 Show data context 1,386 Show data context 1,652 Show data context 16,183 Show data context
1881 1,611 Show data context 201 Show data context 100,971 Show data context 674 Show data context 371 Show data context 12,965 Show data context 16,228 Show data context 31,913 Show data context 5,999 Show data context 458 Show data context 703 Show data context 146 Show data context 1,110 Show data context 7,194 Show data context 4,592 Show data context 2,189 Show data context 1,679 Show data context 23,604 Show data context
1911 266 Show data context 210 Show data context 130,095 Show data context 1,270 Show data context 672 Show data context 9,038 Show data context 25,646 Show data context 41,372 Show data context 8,333 Show data context 1,444 Show data context 1,109 Show data context 0 Show data context 612 Show data context 7,797 Show data context 5,287 Show data context 1,458 Show data context 2,717 Show data context 18,907 Show data context
1931 85 Show data context 40 Show data context 111,126 Show data context 2,155 Show data context 876 Show data context 6,392 Show data context 36,070 Show data context 26,535 Show data context 8,312 Show data context 733 Show data context 2,099 Show data context 1,148 Show data context 1,366 Show data context 12 Show data context 6,990 Show data context 1,523 Show data context 4,564 Show data context 11,375 Show data context
1951 65 Show data context 39 Show data context 88,821 Show data context 3,339 Show data context 100 Show data context 10,483 Show data context 31,853 Show data context 29,109 Show data context 6,712 Show data context 0 Show data context 8,798 Show data context 0 Show data context 2,931 Show data context 0 Show data context 7,539 Show data context 2,531 Show data context 6,122 Show data context 5,238 Show data context
1971 10 Show data context 80 Show data context 43,650 Show data context 1,540 Show data context 190 Show data context 6,230 Show data context 17,580 Show data context 14,510 Show data context 2,160 Show data context 1,980 Show data context 4,650 Show data context 340 Show data context 780 Show data context 760 Show data context 8,400 Show data context 5,260 Show data context 6,940 Show data context 2,320 Show data context
2011 35 Show data context 112 Show data context 2,711 Show data context 203 Show data context 267 Show data context 3,731 Show data context 12,937 Show data context 4,468 Show data context 11,826 Show data context 9,784 Show data context 18,096 Show data context 2,044 Show data context 16,285 Show data context 5,882 Show data context 4,529 Show data context 10,961 Show data context 9,809 Show data context 7,193 Show data context
2021 91 Show data context 128 Show data context 3,381 Show data context 553 Show data context 213 Show data context 4,896 Show data context 17,587 Show data context 6,323 Show data context 12,015 Show data context 15,543 Show data context 18,301 Show data context 2,733 Show data context 21,126 Show data context 7,240 Show data context 6,521 Show data context 14,084 Show data context 16,467 Show data context 8,257 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
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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Age at termination of full-time education. The data cover persons aged over 25, within a ten per cent sample of households.


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Date accessed: 05th June 2026