Torfaen District through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

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Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

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Year	A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	B: Mining & quarrying	C: Manufacturing	D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	F: Construction	G: Wholesale & retail trade	H: Transport & storage	I: Accommodation & catering	J: Information & communication	K: Financial & insurance	L: Real estate activities.	M: Professional, scientific & technical	N: Administrative & support	O: Public administration & defence	P: Education	Q: Human health & social work	R, S, T, U: Other services
1841	677	2,047	1,600	0	1	352	228	228	116	0	2	4	21	100	125	21	21	870
1861	1,156	929	1,852	5	3	367	310	260	156	2	4	48	29	27	37	51	23	477
1881	583	3,037	4,304	21	6	652	562	857	164	10	31	12	60	131	64	150	35	1,423
1911	746	12,602	4,748	79	13	1,464	1,547	1,252	406	40	201	0	68	252	258	403	141	1,827
1931	543	7,931	5,651	146	29	453	2,328	1,645	317	3	226	35	91	0	599	611	294	1,593
1951	496	5,185	15,866	653	42	1,630	2,254	1,852	772	0	213	0	83	0	803	679	512	700
1971	770	2,933	13,105	267	85	2,150	2,693	1,314	562	132	293	35	149	33	1,672	1,169	809	472
2011	115	30	5,840	299	355	3,536	6,388	1,631	1,842	743	1,203	855	1,271	1,617	3,923	3,571	5,446	1,596
2021	110	18	4,697	308	451	3,797	6,256	1,677	1,567	917	1,173	859	1,456	1,620	4,293	3,333	6,657	1,499

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
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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This classification of industry is that used by the 2021 Census, and forms the basic for our standardisation of historical information on industrial structure. The modern data are a classification of workers by their employers' business and count them by their place of work. However, before 1951 they are counted by place of residence, and before 1921 workers have to be classified by their individual occupations.

Torfaen District : Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

Standard Industrial Classification (2007)