Wokingham 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 1,984 Show data context 0 Show data context 779 Show data context 332 Show data context 1,307 Show data context 120 Show data context 225 Show data context
1861 2,207 Show data context 1 Show data context 881 Show data context 529 Show data context 1,447 Show data context 137 Show data context 173 Show data context
1881 1,754 Show data context 4 Show data context 1,346 Show data context 866 Show data context 2,428 Show data context 181 Show data context 349 Show data context
1911 1,867 Show data context 11 Show data context 1,717 Show data context 1,627 Show data context 4,118 Show data context 309 Show data context 764 Show data context
1931 1,529 Show data context 25 Show data context 1,926 Show data context 1,998 Show data context 5,294 Show data context 319 Show data context 1,377 Show data context
1951 1,747 Show data context 21 Show data context 3,862 Show data context 2,388 Show data context 4,096 Show data context 321 Show data context 6,867 Show data context
1971 1,273 Show data context 92 Show data context 9,273 Show data context 5,338 Show data context 7,258 Show data context 4,802 Show data context 6,594 Show data context
1991 670 Show data context 10 Show data context 8,140 Show data context 6,360 Show data context 12,541 Show data context 8,252 Show data context 11,398 Show data context
2001 654 Show data context 209 Show data context 8,891 Show data context 11,949 Show data context 19,047 Show data context 23,006 Show data context 17,474 Show data context
2011 264 Show data context 249 Show data context 5,348 Show data context 9,628 Show data context 18,535 Show data context 26,635 Show data context 20,718 Show data context
2021 336 Show data context 222 Show data context 5,393 Show data context 11,074 Show data context 17,584 Show data context 31,058 Show data context 23,774 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, Wokingham Unitary Authority (UA) through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10089785/cube/IND_SECTOR_7WAY

Date accessed: 08th April 2026