Great Yarmouth 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 1,745 Show data context 3 Show data context 3,572 Show data context 1,757 Show data context 2,704 Show data context 356 Show data context 340 Show data context
1861 3,343 Show data context 40 Show data context 4,877 Show data context 2,724 Show data context 4,111 Show data context 491 Show data context 718 Show data context
1881 3,185 Show data context 12 Show data context 6,079 Show data context 3,689 Show data context 5,414 Show data context 504 Show data context 1,382 Show data context
1911 3,841 Show data context 18 Show data context 7,455 Show data context 4,932 Show data context 9,040 Show data context 955 Show data context 1,727 Show data context
1931 2,891 Show data context 7 Show data context 6,354 Show data context 4,280 Show data context 9,806 Show data context 740 Show data context 2,554 Show data context
1951 1,924 Show data context 14 Show data context 7,363 Show data context 5,281 Show data context 7,753 Show data context 576 Show data context 2,910 Show data context
1971 1,277 Show data context 330 Show data context 10,741 Show data context 5,358 Show data context 9,648 Show data context 1,749 Show data context 4,257 Show data context
1991 620 Show data context 1,230 Show data context 5,182 Show data context 5,672 Show data context 11,571 Show data context 3,416 Show data context 7,197 Show data context
2001 665 Show data context 933 Show data context 4,809 Show data context 5,824 Show data context 12,901 Show data context 4,253 Show data context 8,228 Show data context
2011 455 Show data context 671 Show data context 3,899 Show data context 5,951 Show data context 13,567 Show data context 5,637 Show data context 11,084 Show data context
2021 408 Show data context 805 Show data context 3,682 Show data context 6,108 Show data context 12,227 Show data context 5,465 Show data context 12,439 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, Great Yarmouth District through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10064259/cube/IND_SECTOR_7WAY

Date accessed: 09th April 2026