Medway Unitary Authority (UA) : 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 2,566 Show data context 6 Show data context 3,125 Show data context 1,359 Show data context 3,904 Show data context 421 Show data context 5,555 Show data context
1861 2,385 Show data context 41 Show data context 4,713 Show data context 2,219 Show data context 3,938 Show data context 397 Show data context 7,982 Show data context
1881 2,108 Show data context 185 Show data context 8,988 Show data context 3,899 Show data context 5,650 Show data context 533 Show data context 5,166 Show data context
1911 3,850 Show data context 187 Show data context 14,534 Show data context 8,719 Show data context 17,177 Show data context 2,430 Show data context 14,415 Show data context
1931 2,270 Show data context 76 Show data context 17,579 Show data context 7,358 Show data context 14,125 Show data context 1,193 Show data context 14,798 Show data context
1951 1,828 Show data context 22 Show data context 23,065 Show data context 9,876 Show data context 14,341 Show data context 1,228 Show data context 22,085 Show data context
1971 978 Show data context 166 Show data context 28,304 Show data context 11,896 Show data context 15,028 Show data context 4,624 Show data context 17,579 Show data context
1991 470 Show data context 10 Show data context 18,187 Show data context 15,548 Show data context 20,689 Show data context 9,989 Show data context 17,351 Show data context
2001 883 Show data context 152 Show data context 15,715 Show data context 22,997 Show data context 31,561 Show data context 20,757 Show data context 27,125 Show data context
2011 446 Show data context 83 Show data context 9,603 Show data context 24,018 Show data context 33,161 Show data context 23,721 Show data context 35,657 Show data context
2021 441 Show data context 85 Show data context 7,785 Show data context 28,051 Show data context 31,108 Show data context 25,270 Show data context 39,929 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, Medway Unitary Authority (UA) through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 09th April 2026