Horsham 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 4,972 Show data context 13 Show data context 1,480 Show data context 852 Show data context 2,653 Show data context 236 Show data context 338 Show data context
1861 5,719 Show data context 11 Show data context 2,068 Show data context 1,663 Show data context 3,686 Show data context 312 Show data context 717 Show data context
1881 4,271 Show data context 41 Show data context 1,630 Show data context 1,416 Show data context 3,425 Show data context 203 Show data context 505 Show data context
1911 5,281 Show data context 63 Show data context 2,204 Show data context 2,720 Show data context 7,123 Show data context 478 Show data context 1,256 Show data context
1931 3,455 Show data context 29 Show data context 2,567 Show data context 3,227 Show data context 8,580 Show data context 571 Show data context 1,541 Show data context
1951 4,127 Show data context 84 Show data context 3,809 Show data context 5,157 Show data context 7,806 Show data context 815 Show data context 2,652 Show data context
1971 2,254 Show data context 49 Show data context 5,480 Show data context 4,009 Show data context 6,214 Show data context 2,018 Show data context 4,313 Show data context
1991 1,941 Show data context 50 Show data context 7,803 Show data context 7,906 Show data context 12,259 Show data context 8,589 Show data context 7,591 Show data context
2001 1,501 Show data context 82 Show data context 7,184 Show data context 10,829 Show data context 14,854 Show data context 14,624 Show data context 12,099 Show data context
2011 799 Show data context 94 Show data context 5,031 Show data context 9,836 Show data context 16,725 Show data context 17,734 Show data context 16,080 Show data context
2021 751 Show data context 109 Show data context 4,472 Show data context 11,203 Show data context 16,194 Show data context 20,011 Show data context 19,444 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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Date accessed: 08th April 2026