South Norfolk District : Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Data cube chart.

Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Services
1841 8,528 Show data context 16 Show data context 2,594 Show data context 1,174 Show data context 4,625 Show data context
1861 13,014 Show data context 14 Show data context 5,208 Show data context 1,663 Show data context 5,906 Show data context
1881 9,149 Show data context 13 Show data context 3,377 Show data context 1,829 Show data context 6,066 Show data context
1911 10,853 Show data context 75 Show data context 4,000 Show data context 2,980 Show data context 9,018 Show data context
1931 8,480 Show data context 80 Show data context 4,568 Show data context 2,427 Show data context 9,711 Show data context
1951 8,328 Show data context 54 Show data context 4,385 Show data context 3,330 Show data context 8,282 Show data context
1971 4,615 Show data context 97 Show data context 6,853 Show data context 4,998 Show data context 11,773 Show data context
1991 2,850 Show data context 60 Show data context 6,371 Show data context 5,244 Show data context 17,655 Show data context
2001 2,521 Show data context 117 Show data context 7,926 Show data context 7,214 Show data context 34,766 Show data context
2011 1,782 Show data context 140 Show data context 5,587 Show data context 8,131 Show data context 44,693 Show data context
2021 1,819 Show data context 199 Show data context 5,076 Show data context 9,337 Show data context 51,363 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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Numbers of the two sexes tend to be balanced. Military bases led to higher proportions of men, while large numbers of domestic servants created concentrations of women.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, South Norfolk District through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 09th April 2026