High Wycombe Municipal Borough (MB) : Standardised Industrial Classification (1968) by Sex

Standardised Industrial Classification (1968) by Sex

Data cube chart.

Data for 1971 Sex
Standard Industrial Classification (1968) Male Female
Agriculture 110 Show data context 50 Show data context
Mining 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Food 430 Show data context 150 Show data context
Coal & petroleum products 10 Show data context 0 Show data context
Chemicals 720 Show data context 560 Show data context
Metal Manufacture 90 Show data context 10 Show data context
Mechanical Engineering 2,050 Show data context 530 Show data context
Instrument Engineering 750 Show data context 380 Show data context
Electrical engineering 600 Show data context 660 Show data context
Shipbuilding 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Vehicles 290 Show data context 80 Show data context
Other Metals 530 Show data context 130 Show data context
Textiles 0 Show data context 10 Show data context
Leather 20 Show data context 70 Show data context
Clothing & Footwear 70 Show data context 410 Show data context
Bricks etc 60 Show data context 40 Show data context
Timber, Furniture 4,410 Show data context 1,060 Show data context
Paper, Printing 1,360 Show data context 500 Show data context
Other Manufacturing 1,040 Show data context 610 Show data context
Construction 1,930 Show data context 130 Show data context
Gas, Electricity, Water 370 Show data context 140 Show data context
Transport 1,440 Show data context 310 Show data context
Distributive Trades 2,160 Show data context 2,520 Show data context
Finance 700 Show data context 920 Show data context
Professionals 1,720 Show data context 3,000 Show data context
Miscellaneous Services 1,450 Show data context 1,290 Show data context
Public Administration & Defence 940 Show data context 530 Show data context

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The 1831 census provides information, down to parish-level, on the occupations of males aged over 20 using nine categories. Here we reorganise this information to provide a crude measure of social status, based more on contemporary ideas than on modern definitions of social class: "middling sorts" combines small farmers not employing labourers with both masters and skilled workers in urban manufacturing and handicrafts.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, High Wycombe Municipal Borough (MB) through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Standardised Industrial Classification (1968) by Sex, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10068435/cube/SIC1968_SEX

Date accessed: 03rd June 2026