South Tyneside 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 462 Show data context 1,114 Show data context 1,903 Show data context 1,767 Show data context 1,272 Show data context 147 Show data context 122 Show data context
1861 615 Show data context 507 Show data context 4,342 Show data context 4,231 Show data context 2,042 Show data context 235 Show data context 248 Show data context
1881 566 Show data context 2,003 Show data context 12,787 Show data context 7,661 Show data context 5,798 Show data context 879 Show data context 938 Show data context
1911 983 Show data context 16,730 Show data context 18,302 Show data context 13,606 Show data context 12,748 Show data context 2,073 Show data context 2,223 Show data context
1931 607 Show data context 7,499 Show data context 12,549 Show data context 8,662 Show data context 15,510 Show data context 1,282 Show data context 4,298 Show data context
1951 474 Show data context 6,023 Show data context 29,344 Show data context 11,177 Show data context 12,494 Show data context 1,328 Show data context 5,759 Show data context
1971 537 Show data context 5,645 Show data context 19,300 Show data context 8,732 Show data context 12,262 Show data context 2,029 Show data context 9,094 Show data context
1991 140 Show data context 1,692 Show data context 9,371 Show data context 6,493 Show data context 12,001 Show data context 3,539 Show data context 11,678 Show data context
2001 263 Show data context 433 Show data context 11,114 Show data context 9,094 Show data context 14,846 Show data context 6,957 Show data context 16,166 Show data context
2011 65 Show data context 516 Show data context 7,406 Show data context 9,899 Show data context 15,861 Show data context 9,816 Show data context 21,059 Show data context
2021 61 Show data context 519 Show data context 5,962 Show data context 9,843 Show data context 14,073 Show data context 9,742 Show data context 22,338 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, South Tyneside 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/10076791/cube/IND_SECTOR_7WAY

Date accessed: 08th April 2026