West Sussex Modern (post-1974) County : Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Data cube chart.

Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Services
1841 18,566 Show data context 51 Show data context 6,542 Show data context 3,592 Show data context 13,954 Show data context
1861 19,986 Show data context 50 Show data context 7,900 Show data context 5,339 Show data context 16,883 Show data context
1881 15,677 Show data context 81 Show data context 7,788 Show data context 8,083 Show data context 21,808 Show data context
1911 20,257 Show data context 291 Show data context 12,414 Show data context 14,586 Show data context 51,972 Show data context
1931 15,825 Show data context 233 Show data context 12,091 Show data context 19,020 Show data context 66,572 Show data context
1951 17,477 Show data context 240 Show data context 18,153 Show data context 24,798 Show data context 75,963 Show data context
1971 12,177 Show data context 230 Show data context 50,299 Show data context 31,687 Show data context 101,622 Show data context
1991 7,920 Show data context 199 Show data context 51,787 Show data context 52,988 Show data context 181,154 Show data context
2001 7,269 Show data context 409 Show data context 42,093 Show data context 63,605 Show data context 243,651 Show data context
2011 3,925 Show data context 424 Show data context 29,189 Show data context 62,046 Show data context 299,105 Show data context
2021 3,598 Show data context 419 Show data context 26,255 Show data context 66,791 Show data context 323,577 Show data context
Date Source
1841 - 2021 Great Britain Historical GIS Project

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This very simplified view of the changing industrial base of communities does identify the traditional sectors of Agriculture, Mining and Manufacturing which dominated many areas in the nineteenth century, but provides no breakdown of the service sector, in which the large majority of us now work.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, West Sussex Modern (post-1974) County through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10076857/cube/IND_SECTOR_5WAY

Date accessed: 10th April 2026