England Country (Dep) : 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 1,109,240 Show data context 148,135 Show data context 1,739,929 Show data context 470,310 Show data context 1,308,210 Show data context 159,143 Show data context 158,330 Show data context
1861 1,394,006 Show data context 217,736 Show data context 2,347,048 Show data context 787,617 Show data context 1,470,888 Show data context 216,144 Show data context 286,925 Show data context
1881 1,009,321 Show data context 364,683 Show data context 3,188,554 Show data context 1,231,682 Show data context 2,296,737 Show data context 354,554 Show data context 426,941 Show data context
1911 1,152,756 Show data context 752,837 Show data context 5,156,604 Show data context 2,321,893 Show data context 3,923,974 Show data context 824,527 Show data context 925,833 Show data context
1931 896,579 Show data context 725,140 Show data context 5,232,568 Show data context 2,288,725 Show data context 4,630,768 Show data context 528,385 Show data context 1,414,604 Show data context
1951 871,049 Show data context 609,139 Show data context 6,954,761 Show data context 2,930,841 Show data context 4,370,433 Show data context 650,257 Show data context 2,455,282 Show data context
1971 455,110 Show data context 298,399 Show data context 6,522,141 Show data context 3,022,988 Show data context 4,015,489 Show data context 1,603,129 Show data context 3,213,270 Show data context
1991 350,524 Show data context 113,659 Show data context 4,158,678 Show data context 2,890,350 Show data context 4,915,555 Show data context 3,188,152 Show data context 4,376,127 Show data context
2001 331,633 Show data context 55,575 Show data context 3,328,520 Show data context 3,265,237 Show data context 6,009,728 Show data context 4,042,652 Show data context 5,408,051 Show data context
2011 203,789 Show data context 43,302 Show data context 2,226,247 Show data context 3,507,392 Show data context 6,664,886 Show data context 5,422,218 Show data context 7,094,887 Show data context
2021 211,829 Show data context 40,215 Show data context 1,921,153 Show data context 3,960,023 Show data context 6,458,564 Show data context 5,834,304 Show data context 7,979,527 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, England Country (Dep) through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10061325/cube/IND_SECTOR_7WAY

Date accessed: 09th April 2026