Flintshire 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 3,499 Show data context 2,796 Show data context 2,876 Show data context 1,049 Show data context 3,598 Show data context 272 Show data context 222 Show data context
1861 4,820 Show data context 3,311 Show data context 4,337 Show data context 1,771 Show data context 3,635 Show data context 398 Show data context 377 Show data context
1881 2,380 Show data context 3,165 Show data context 3,902 Show data context 1,428 Show data context 3,200 Show data context 249 Show data context 345 Show data context
1911 4,693 Show data context 3,822 Show data context 7,052 Show data context 3,543 Show data context 7,019 Show data context 719 Show data context 1,299 Show data context
1931 3,117 Show data context 3,023 Show data context 9,504 Show data context 3,147 Show data context 6,207 Show data context 493 Show data context 2,472 Show data context
1951 3,372 Show data context 1,292 Show data context 20,210 Show data context 5,205 Show data context 6,638 Show data context 523 Show data context 4,016 Show data context
1971 1,774 Show data context 657 Show data context 18,173 Show data context 6,132 Show data context 5,877 Show data context 1,039 Show data context 5,856 Show data context
1991 1,270 Show data context 950 Show data context 20,501 Show data context 7,989 Show data context 12,756 Show data context 4,004 Show data context 11,377 Show data context
2001 1,047 Show data context 279 Show data context 17,744 Show data context 8,888 Show data context 17,745 Show data context 9,091 Show data context 14,636 Show data context
2011 685 Show data context 177 Show data context 14,013 Show data context 9,961 Show data context 18,730 Show data context 11,668 Show data context 18,815 Show data context
2021 781 Show data context 171 Show data context 11,563 Show data context 10,589 Show data context 17,754 Show data context 11,821 Show data context 21,176 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, Flintshire 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/10080654/cube/IND_SECTOR_7WAY

Date accessed: 09th April 2026