Hinckley and Bosworth 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 2,362 Show data context 129 Show data context 2,841 Show data context 418 Show data context 2,067 Show data context 134 Show data context 130 Show data context
1861 3,484 Show data context 328 Show data context 3,951 Show data context 507 Show data context 1,339 Show data context 130 Show data context 191 Show data context
1881 2,241 Show data context 691 Show data context 4,547 Show data context 630 Show data context 1,600 Show data context 87 Show data context 299 Show data context
1911 2,682 Show data context 2,093 Show data context 6,799 Show data context 1,786 Show data context 3,411 Show data context 379 Show data context 661 Show data context
1931 1,554 Show data context 3,053 Show data context 13,163 Show data context 1,638 Show data context 3,048 Show data context 222 Show data context 804 Show data context
1951 1,652 Show data context 4,445 Show data context 16,725 Show data context 2,432 Show data context 4,093 Show data context 228 Show data context 1,543 Show data context
1971 1,022 Show data context 1,575 Show data context 11,447 Show data context 3,279 Show data context 3,872 Show data context 1,061 Show data context 2,728 Show data context
1991 710 Show data context 491 Show data context 14,568 Show data context 5,761 Show data context 10,344 Show data context 2,545 Show data context 4,268 Show data context
2001 772 Show data context 197 Show data context 12,112 Show data context 7,578 Show data context 13,724 Show data context 6,949 Show data context 9,944 Show data context
2011 529 Show data context 144 Show data context 7,390 Show data context 9,083 Show data context 14,528 Show data context 8,515 Show data context 13,585 Show data context
2021 547 Show data context 108 Show data context 6,052 Show data context 10,630 Show data context 14,218 Show data context 9,051 Show data context 15,209 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, Hinckley and Bosworth District through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 08th April 2026