Stockport 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 837 Show data context 102 Show data context 13,685 Show data context 1,086 Show data context 2,793 Show data context 349 Show data context 313 Show data context
1861 2,505 Show data context 631 Show data context 24,229 Show data context 2,727 Show data context 5,659 Show data context 591 Show data context 505 Show data context
1881 1,723 Show data context 522 Show data context 25,932 Show data context 4,285 Show data context 8,369 Show data context 1,532 Show data context 971 Show data context
1911 1,496 Show data context 1,233 Show data context 46,419 Show data context 11,263 Show data context 15,461 Show data context 3,734 Show data context 2,633 Show data context
1931 1,426 Show data context 199 Show data context 42,666 Show data context 11,706 Show data context 23,626 Show data context 3,400 Show data context 5,823 Show data context
1951 921 Show data context 75 Show data context 51,349 Show data context 12,984 Show data context 20,817 Show data context 2,020 Show data context 8,317 Show data context
1971 1,386 Show data context 172 Show data context 42,194 Show data context 17,537 Show data context 27,228 Show data context 7,032 Show data context 16,594 Show data context
1991 817 Show data context 0 Show data context 27,475 Show data context 15,042 Show data context 28,075 Show data context 18,620 Show data context 20,574 Show data context
2001 825 Show data context 180 Show data context 20,220 Show data context 19,647 Show data context 35,122 Show data context 25,975 Show data context 34,166 Show data context
2011 163 Show data context 91 Show data context 11,700 Show data context 18,883 Show data context 34,146 Show data context 31,779 Show data context 40,368 Show data context
2021 190 Show data context 102 Show data context 9,197 Show data context 18,458 Show data context 31,812 Show data context 34,889 Show data context 45,159 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, Stockport 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/10076870/cube/IND_SECTOR_7WAY

Date accessed: 08th April 2026