Suffolk Modern (post-1974) County : Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Data cube chart.

Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Services
1841 42,789 Show data context 42 Show data context 18,764 Show data context 8,119 Show data context 28,814 Show data context
1861 48,911 Show data context 167 Show data context 24,872 Show data context 9,488 Show data context 27,571 Show data context
1881 36,732 Show data context 120 Show data context 26,685 Show data context 12,354 Show data context 36,466 Show data context
1911 44,630 Show data context 128 Show data context 36,747 Show data context 22,904 Show data context 63,248 Show data context
1931 32,921 Show data context 212 Show data context 31,245 Show data context 19,339 Show data context 70,718 Show data context
1951 32,046 Show data context 180 Show data context 42,823 Show data context 29,097 Show data context 79,624 Show data context
1971 16,313 Show data context 307 Show data context 55,920 Show data context 35,687 Show data context 93,026 Show data context
1991 11,438 Show data context 620 Show data context 55,680 Show data context 46,844 Show data context 159,734 Show data context
2001 9,876 Show data context 951 Show data context 48,034 Show data context 54,003 Show data context 201,001 Show data context
2011 6,463 Show data context 712 Show data context 34,598 Show data context 56,073 Show data context 253,914 Show data context
2021 6,418 Show data context 794 Show data context 26,980 Show data context 60,803 Show data context 261,087 Show data context
Date Source
1841 - 2021 Great Britain Historical GIS Project

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This very simplified view of the changing industrial base of communities does identify the traditional sectors of Agriculture, Mining and Manufacturing which dominated many areas in the nineteenth century, but provides no breakdown of the service sector, in which the large majority of us now work.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Suffolk Modern (post-1974) County through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10084726/cube/IND_SECTOR_5WAY

Date accessed: 01st June 2026