Gwynedd 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 12,030 Show data context 4,352 Show data context 4,426 Show data context 2,568 Show data context 7,741 Show data context 407 Show data context 349 Show data context
1861 15,550 Show data context 4,651 Show data context 6,033 Show data context 3,440 Show data context 6,495 Show data context 468 Show data context 547 Show data context
1881 8,859 Show data context 11,730 Show data context 6,758 Show data context 5,370 Show data context 12,877 Show data context 913 Show data context 1,298 Show data context
1911 11,744 Show data context 11,294 Show data context 6,274 Show data context 6,833 Show data context 16,586 Show data context 1,283 Show data context 2,774 Show data context
1931 8,886 Show data context 8,855 Show data context 3,092 Show data context 5,738 Show data context 13,180 Show data context 986 Show data context 3,977 Show data context
1951 7,786 Show data context 4,697 Show data context 4,236 Show data context 7,495 Show data context 11,414 Show data context 1,205 Show data context 9,045 Show data context
1971 3,066 Show data context 632 Show data context 5,711 Show data context 6,985 Show data context 8,803 Show data context 1,813 Show data context 5,916 Show data context
1991 3,010 Show data context 630 Show data context 3,747 Show data context 7,455 Show data context 13,024 Show data context 4,039 Show data context 12,995 Show data context
2001 2,279 Show data context 266 Show data context 4,435 Show data context 7,039 Show data context 15,105 Show data context 3,963 Show data context 13,795 Show data context
2011 1,868 Show data context 250 Show data context 3,150 Show data context 8,183 Show data context 16,148 Show data context 6,157 Show data context 18,205 Show data context
2021 2,007 Show data context 167 Show data context 2,679 Show data context 7,649 Show data context 13,972 Show data context 6,483 Show data context 18,850 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, Gwynedd 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