Cannock Chase 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 724 Show data context 176 Show data context 847 Show data context 141 Show data context 568 Show data context 58 Show data context 39 Show data context
1861 788 Show data context 218 Show data context 462 Show data context 176 Show data context 447 Show data context 47 Show data context 62 Show data context
1881 402 Show data context 3,787 Show data context 1,476 Show data context 778 Show data context 1,309 Show data context 206 Show data context 217 Show data context
1911 572 Show data context 2,726 Show data context 7,666 Show data context 1,912 Show data context 2,650 Show data context 581 Show data context 545 Show data context
1931 499 Show data context 10,147 Show data context 2,330 Show data context 1,505 Show data context 2,977 Show data context 241 Show data context 1,129 Show data context
1951 677 Show data context 8,575 Show data context 4,172 Show data context 2,304 Show data context 3,511 Show data context 199 Show data context 2,823 Show data context
1971 760 Show data context 2,417 Show data context 10,084 Show data context 4,544 Show data context 5,412 Show data context 707 Show data context 3,461 Show data context
1991 110 Show data context 850 Show data context 9,797 Show data context 6,146 Show data context 7,830 Show data context 2,718 Show data context 4,974 Show data context
2001 334 Show data context 93 Show data context 10,305 Show data context 7,411 Show data context 11,721 Show data context 5,233 Show data context 8,934 Show data context
2011 131 Show data context 68 Show data context 6,812 Show data context 9,279 Show data context 13,146 Show data context 6,002 Show data context 12,038 Show data context
2021 134 Show data context 34 Show data context 5,287 Show data context 10,515 Show data context 13,153 Show data context 6,525 Show data context 13,211 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, Cannock Chase District through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10089864/cube/IND_SECTOR_7WAY

Date accessed: 08th April 2026