England Country (Dep) : 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 1,109,240 Show data context 148,135 Show data context 1,739,929 Show data context 1,113 Show data context 2,570 Show data context 296,808 Show data context 246,086 Show data context 169,819 Show data context 63,701 Show data context 927 Show data context 4,716 Show data context 5,037 Show data context 24,773 Show data context 123,690 Show data context 74,110 Show data context 49,878 Show data context 34,342 Show data context 998,423 Show data context
1861 1,394,006 Show data context 217,736 Show data context 2,347,048 Show data context 7,879 Show data context 6,219 Show data context 423,983 Show data context 393,958 Show data context 349,536 Show data context 173,987 Show data context 13,357 Show data context 11,633 Show data context 71,899 Show data context 46,653 Show data context 72,602 Show data context 155,376 Show data context 83,915 Show data context 47,634 Show data context 902,943 Show data context
1881 1,009,321 Show data context 364,683 Show data context 3,188,554 Show data context 16,168 Show data context 7,257 Show data context 648,538 Show data context 529,037 Show data context 559,719 Show data context 169,376 Show data context 20,297 Show data context 36,773 Show data context 11,808 Show data context 76,543 Show data context 209,133 Show data context 201,794 Show data context 153,885 Show data context 71,262 Show data context 1,598,324 Show data context
1911 1,152,756 Show data context 752,837 Show data context 5,156,604 Show data context 74,767 Show data context 27,058 Show data context 884,261 Show data context 1,309,421 Show data context 1,335,807 Show data context 390,894 Show data context 66,048 Show data context 136,736 Show data context 0 Show data context 98,233 Show data context 523,510 Show data context 488,434 Show data context 252,874 Show data context 184,525 Show data context 2,223,659 Show data context
1931 896,579 Show data context 725,140 Show data context 5,232,568 Show data context 176,135 Show data context 41,766 Show data context 814,306 Show data context 2,261,758 Show data context 1,256,518 Show data context 534,685 Show data context 30,488 Show data context 266,686 Show data context 56,396 Show data context 172,816 Show data context 1,999 Show data context 789,326 Show data context 336,772 Show data context 288,506 Show data context 1,834,325 Show data context
1951 871,049 Show data context 609,139 Show data context 6,954,761 Show data context 282,513 Show data context 30,595 Show data context 1,188,942 Show data context 2,502,952 Show data context 1,428,791 Show data context 766,631 Show data context 0 Show data context 388,245 Show data context 0 Show data context 262,012 Show data context 0 Show data context 1,491,622 Show data context 431,671 Show data context 531,989 Show data context 1,100,850 Show data context
1971 455,110 Show data context 298,399 Show data context 6,522,141 Show data context 271,577 Show data context 34,864 Show data context 1,384,544 Show data context 2,828,283 Show data context 1,332,003 Show data context 515,754 Show data context 347,026 Show data context 561,050 Show data context 72,947 Show data context 466,173 Show data context 155,933 Show data context 1,457,353 Show data context 1,019,800 Show data context 736,117 Show data context 671,452 Show data context
1991 350,524 Show data context 113,659 Show data context 4,158,678 Show data context 179,205 Show data context 141,263 Show data context 1,484,904 Show data context 3,208,772 Show data context 1,084,978 Show data context 925,138 Show data context 468,775 Show data context 963,509 Show data context 238,527 Show data context 781,919 Show data context 735,422 Show data context 1,317,949 Show data context 1,234,996 Show data context 1,823,182 Show data context 781,645 Show data context
2011 203,789 Show data context 43,302 Show data context 2,226,247 Show data context 140,148 Show data context 175,214 Show data context 1,931,936 Show data context 4,007,570 Show data context 1,260,094 Show data context 1,399,931 Show data context 1,024,352 Show data context 1,103,858 Show data context 367,459 Show data context 1,687,127 Show data context 1,239,422 Show data context 1,483,450 Show data context 2,490,199 Show data context 3,121,238 Show data context 1,257,385 Show data context
2021 211,829 Show data context 40,215 Show data context 1,921,153 Show data context 152,347 Show data context 190,156 Show data context 2,288,684 Show data context 3,958,605 Show data context 1,328,836 Show data context 1,291,721 Show data context 1,246,853 Show data context 1,007,567 Show data context 412,427 Show data context 1,768,476 Show data context 1,398,981 Show data context 1,520,876 Show data context 2,601,821 Show data context 3,856,830 Show data context 1,208,238 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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Total population at this Census, and for previous censuses. Where the latter appear, they are for the same area, so if there had been boundary changes they will differ from the population given for the same reporting unit by the previous census.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, England Country (Dep) through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Standard Industrial Classification (2007), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 01st June 2026