Staffordshire Moorlands 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 5,370 Show data context 1,272 Show data context 7,437 Show data context 1,074 Show data context 4,231 Show data context 429 Show data context 305 Show data context
1861 6,914 Show data context 2,315 Show data context 9,243 Show data context 1,623 Show data context 3,426 Show data context 369 Show data context 365 Show data context
1881 4,055 Show data context 2,839 Show data context 13,066 Show data context 2,468 Show data context 4,974 Show data context 591 Show data context 685 Show data context
1911 4,135 Show data context 4,004 Show data context 8,448 Show data context 2,790 Show data context 5,389 Show data context 714 Show data context 1,351 Show data context
1931 3,770 Show data context 3,954 Show data context 14,279 Show data context 2,498 Show data context 4,894 Show data context 474 Show data context 1,880 Show data context
1951 3,950 Show data context 2,767 Show data context 15,044 Show data context 2,989 Show data context 4,408 Show data context 438 Show data context 2,833 Show data context
1971 1,730 Show data context 1,570 Show data context 11,708 Show data context 3,746 Show data context 4,329 Show data context 832 Show data context 3,786 Show data context
1991 1,751 Show data context 430 Show data context 8,541 Show data context 4,324 Show data context 6,723 Show data context 2,074 Show data context 5,138 Show data context
2001 1,411 Show data context 280 Show data context 11,033 Show data context 5,729 Show data context 11,350 Show data context 5,377 Show data context 10,420 Show data context
2011 1,134 Show data context 152 Show data context 6,965 Show data context 6,853 Show data context 12,011 Show data context 7,605 Show data context 12,871 Show data context
2021 1,330 Show data context 109 Show data context 5,169 Show data context 7,138 Show data context 10,934 Show data context 7,164 Show data context 13,119 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, Staffordshire Moorlands District through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 08th April 2026