East Staffordshire 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 3,559 Show data context 771 Show data context 3,839 Show data context 649 Show data context 2,660 Show data context 258 Show data context 186 Show data context
1861 4,183 Show data context 445 Show data context 2,796 Show data context 891 Show data context 2,032 Show data context 226 Show data context 275 Show data context
1881 2,705 Show data context 102 Show data context 7,541 Show data context 3,405 Show data context 4,741 Show data context 797 Show data context 773 Show data context
1911 2,491 Show data context 2,161 Show data context 11,001 Show data context 5,298 Show data context 6,819 Show data context 1,529 Show data context 1,550 Show data context
1931 2,622 Show data context 545 Show data context 12,464 Show data context 4,031 Show data context 7,468 Show data context 569 Show data context 2,067 Show data context
1951 2,629 Show data context 156 Show data context 17,223 Show data context 5,711 Show data context 6,783 Show data context 671 Show data context 6,166 Show data context
1971 895 Show data context 710 Show data context 16,849 Show data context 5,268 Show data context 8,215 Show data context 1,476 Show data context 5,702 Show data context
1991 1,140 Show data context 0 Show data context 15,232 Show data context 5,339 Show data context 11,651 Show data context 4,378 Show data context 7,743 Show data context
2001 1,057 Show data context 150 Show data context 10,983 Show data context 6,951 Show data context 12,943 Show data context 5,970 Show data context 10,441 Show data context
2011 777 Show data context 98 Show data context 9,036 Show data context 8,535 Show data context 14,988 Show data context 7,508 Show data context 13,979 Show data context
2021 884 Show data context 95 Show data context 8,145 Show data context 10,189 Show data context 16,180 Show data context 8,547 Show data context 15,331 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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Total population at this Census, and for previous censuses. Where the latter appear, they are for the same area, so if there had been boundary changes they will differ from the population given for the same reporting unit by the previous census.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, East Staffordshire District 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