Staffordshire Modern (post-1974) County : Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Data cube chart.

Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Services
1841 24,227 Show data context 7,306 Show data context 37,371 Show data context 5,571 Show data context 24,802 Show data context
1861 29,287 Show data context 12,255 Show data context 48,426 Show data context 10,918 Show data context 27,444 Show data context
1881 18,388 Show data context 17,478 Show data context 49,986 Show data context 14,323 Show data context 37,022 Show data context
1911 19,459 Show data context 24,208 Show data context 62,604 Show data context 20,803 Show data context 47,560 Show data context
1931 17,867 Show data context 31,454 Show data context 61,457 Show data context 19,679 Show data context 56,813 Show data context
1951 18,477 Show data context 27,345 Show data context 80,122 Show data context 25,411 Show data context 74,128 Show data context
1971 9,723 Show data context 12,597 Show data context 101,401 Show data context 32,394 Show data context 89,188 Show data context
1991 7,711 Show data context 3,879 Show data context 84,310 Show data context 39,250 Show data context 157,212 Show data context
2001 6,707 Show data context 961 Show data context 83,147 Show data context 54,926 Show data context 241,833 Show data context
2011 4,732 Show data context 626 Show data context 53,704 Show data context 63,740 Show data context 289,671 Show data context
2021 5,055 Show data context 459 Show data context 43,573 Show data context 71,502 Show data context 294,348 Show data context
Date Source
1841 - 2021 Great Britain Historical GIS Project

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This very simplified view of the changing industrial base of communities does identify the traditional sectors of Agriculture, Mining and Manufacturing which dominated many areas in the nineteenth century, but provides no breakdown of the service sector, in which the large majority of us now work.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Staffordshire Modern (post-1974) County through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10091720/cube/IND_SECTOR_5WAY

Date accessed: 02nd June 2026