Merthyr Tydfil 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	367	5,206	4,040	1	1	828	503	879	153	1	2	3	23	150	111	27	29	1,356
1861	472	2,889	2,194	3	6	471	332	185	151	2	7	33	22	20	24	29	19	562
1881	403	4,935	5,958	39	17	1,141	938	1,169	265	28	63	12	114	237	105	317	38	2,572
1911	815	16,947	6,752	117	34	1,954	2,720	1,893	612	73	326	0	123	396	405	674	207	2,810
1931	296	10,497	2,142	139	65	401	3,032	1,326	439	6	308	44	149	1	792	793	352	1,745
1951	304	4,118	6,918	352	73	1,116	2,782	1,389	701	0	248	0	107	0	1,302	726	649	737
1971	237	1,951	10,215	213	192	1,567	3,106	855	488	158	370	25	149	55	1,553	1,337	1,213	416
2011	38	94	3,435	149	311	2,314	3,966	882	1,221	567	523	304	715	1,176	2,163	2,083	4,211	947
2021	71	84	2,858	173	425	2,741	3,752	984	1,063	738	452	342	637	1,114	2,382	2,143	4,874	808

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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Merthyr Tydfil District : Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

Standard Industrial Classification (2007)