the South West Government Region : 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 198,050 Show data context 34,680 Show data context 155,707 Show data context 66,576 Show data context 182,309 Show data context 16,533 Show data context 21,435 Show data context
1861 239,019 Show data context 34,659 Show data context 202,479 Show data context 85,696 Show data context 178,524 Show data context 22,073 Show data context 40,995 Show data context
1881 162,499 Show data context 30,756 Show data context 206,087 Show data context 110,299 Show data context 239,699 Show data context 20,953 Show data context 51,846 Show data context
1911 190,176 Show data context 36,522 Show data context 288,653 Show data context 179,180 Show data context 373,407 Show data context 43,581 Show data context 111,230 Show data context
1931 143,355 Show data context 26,297 Show data context 260,871 Show data context 182,733 Show data context 404,269 Show data context 29,713 Show data context 137,628 Show data context
1951 141,856 Show data context 19,300 Show data context 345,815 Show data context 237,931 Show data context 370,096 Show data context 38,039 Show data context 271,630 Show data context
1971 77,753 Show data context 12,216 Show data context 387,995 Show data context 244,645 Show data context 350,468 Show data context 101,901 Show data context 295,882 Show data context
1991 63,562 Show data context 7,960 Show data context 347,164 Show data context 267,609 Show data context 491,274 Show data context 279,602 Show data context 449,392 Show data context
2001 58,769 Show data context 7,657 Show data context 318,891 Show data context 324,564 Show data context 631,920 Show data context 358,651 Show data context 585,920 Show data context
2011 42,090 Show data context 5,347 Show data context 231,776 Show data context 342,928 Show data context 698,305 Show data context 480,365 Show data context 759,573 Show data context
2021 43,078 Show data context 4,692 Show data context 198,486 Show data context 391,560 Show data context 673,954 Show data context 530,718 Show data context 849,751 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, the South West Government Region 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