Telford and Wrekin 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 2,388 Show data context 633 Show data context 1,460 Show data context 437 Show data context 1,805 Show data context 131 Show data context 107 Show data context
1861 3,252 Show data context 2,236 Show data context 3,751 Show data context 1,401 Show data context 2,458 Show data context 218 Show data context 270 Show data context
1881 2,278 Show data context 3,251 Show data context 6,386 Show data context 1,547 Show data context 4,182 Show data context 387 Show data context 575 Show data context
1911 3,958 Show data context 1,474 Show data context 5,844 Show data context 3,748 Show data context 7,187 Show data context 806 Show data context 1,400 Show data context
1931 2,469 Show data context 2,048 Show data context 7,429 Show data context 2,134 Show data context 5,079 Show data context 382 Show data context 1,500 Show data context
1951 2,584 Show data context 879 Show data context 11,492 Show data context 3,384 Show data context 5,366 Show data context 371 Show data context 7,959 Show data context
1971 4,400 Show data context 430 Show data context 9,312 Show data context 4,935 Show data context 5,727 Show data context 1,154 Show data context 6,110 Show data context
1991 1,080 Show data context 50 Show data context 22,389 Show data context 6,842 Show data context 13,445 Show data context 6,006 Show data context 13,996 Show data context
2001 1,048 Show data context 111 Show data context 18,924 Show data context 8,445 Show data context 17,923 Show data context 10,388 Show data context 17,525 Show data context
2011 713 Show data context 82 Show data context 13,240 Show data context 9,310 Show data context 19,985 Show data context 12,771 Show data context 22,271 Show data context
2021 816 Show data context 79 Show data context 12,144 Show data context 11,967 Show data context 19,857 Show data context 14,903 Show data context 25,791 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, Telford and Wrekin Unitary Authority (UA) through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way), A Vision of Ireland through Time.

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Date accessed: 09th April 2026