Rhondda; Cynon; Taff 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 1,907 Show data context 1,272 Show data context 1,495 Show data context 661 Show data context 1,525 Show data context 99 Show data context 72 Show data context
1861 2,347 Show data context 8,430 Show data context 7,333 Show data context 3,035 Show data context 3,952 Show data context 356 Show data context 326 Show data context
1881 1,234 Show data context 22,781 Show data context 6,583 Show data context 4,247 Show data context 7,006 Show data context 698 Show data context 809 Show data context
1911 2,014 Show data context 69,625 Show data context 17,133 Show data context 13,028 Show data context 17,836 Show data context 2,716 Show data context 4,206 Show data context
1931 1,377 Show data context 55,090 Show data context 4,574 Show data context 6,928 Show data context 16,841 Show data context 1,566 Show data context 7,407 Show data context
1951 1,187 Show data context 27,345 Show data context 23,597 Show data context 11,185 Show data context 15,699 Show data context 1,240 Show data context 10,320 Show data context
1971 941 Show data context 8,022 Show data context 23,871 Show data context 10,522 Show data context 11,047 Show data context 2,489 Show data context 11,253 Show data context
1991 410 Show data context 1,114 Show data context 22,475 Show data context 10,199 Show data context 15,231 Show data context 5,226 Show data context 17,161 Show data context
2001 432 Show data context 524 Show data context 20,214 Show data context 12,907 Show data context 20,792 Show data context 9,011 Show data context 24,572 Show data context
2011 223 Show data context 335 Show data context 12,477 Show data context 16,146 Show data context 24,040 Show data context 13,192 Show data context 32,914 Show data context
2021 289 Show data context 208 Show data context 10,049 Show data context 17,958 Show data context 22,511 Show data context 14,371 Show data context 38,018 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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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Rhondda; Cynon; Taff District through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 08th April 2026