Northamptonshire Administrative County (pre-1974) : 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 4,960 Show data context 920 Show data context
Mining 280 Show data context 20 Show data context
Food 4,170 Show data context 2,410 Show data context
Coal & petroleum products 10 Show data context 0 Show data context
Chemicals 2,150 Show data context 1,490 Show data context
Metal Manufacture 13,380 Show data context 1,240 Show data context
Mechanical Engineering 11,300 Show data context 2,120 Show data context
Instrument Engineering 180 Show data context 10 Show data context
Electrical engineering 2,780 Show data context 2,380 Show data context
Shipbuilding 120 Show data context 50 Show data context
Vehicles 2,900 Show data context 530 Show data context
Other Metals 2,490 Show data context 530 Show data context
Textiles 360 Show data context 220 Show data context
Leather 2,600 Show data context 870 Show data context
Clothing & Footwear 11,280 Show data context 16,640 Show data context
Bricks etc 950 Show data context 110 Show data context
Timber, Furniture 1,790 Show data context 550 Show data context
Paper, Printing 2,370 Show data context 1,650 Show data context
Other Manufacturing 1,660 Show data context 1,140 Show data context
Construction 14,020 Show data context 610 Show data context
Gas, Electricity, Water 2,030 Show data context 380 Show data context
Transport 8,100 Show data context 1,560 Show data context
Distributive Trades 11,980 Show data context 11,690 Show data context
Finance 2,680 Show data context 3,820 Show data context
Professionals 6,620 Show data context 12,700 Show data context
Miscellaneous Services 8,890 Show data context 9,380 Show data context
Public Administration & Defence 6,040 Show data context 2,480 Show data context

This website exists to help people doing personal research projects on particular areas within a locality. So long as you are using our data for only a small number of units, you are not making money out of what you are doing, and you are not systematically re-publishing our data, you do not need to request permission from us, but you do need to acknowledge us as your source with the wording:

"This work is based on data provided through www.VisionofBritain.org.uk and uses historical material which is copyright of the Great Britain Historical GIS Project and the University of Portsmouth".

Where the above statement is included in a web page or similar online resource, the reference to "www.VisionofBritain.org.uk" must be a working hyperlink.

nCube definition


A University of Aberdeen project directed by Clive Lee systematically re-worked county-level occupation/industry data from all censuses 1841-1971 to the 1968 Standard Industrial Classification, distinguishing males and females. Lee calculated two alternative sets of data, Series A and Series B. Series A is for all individual Registration Counties and follows the nineteenth century censuses approach of grouping distributive workers with those involved in manufacturing the same items. Series B is for Administrative C...


ounties and is closely modeled on employment classifications used in the 1970s so sector 23 ('Distributive Trades') is much larger. Not all individual administrative county data are listed. Scottish counties were aggregated to the 1975-1996 regions and Welsh counties were grouped into 'Glamorgan and Monmouthshire' and 'North and West Wales'. As these are derived data, we hold Lee's data only for actual counties and nations already in our system.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Northamptonshire Administrative County (pre-1974) 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/10073881/cube/SIC1968_SEX

Date accessed: 03rd June 2026