Stockton on Tees 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 1,043 Show data context 802 Show data context 1,909 Show data context 997 Show data context 1,651 Show data context 205 Show data context 154 Show data context
1861 1,552 Show data context 536 Show data context 3,545 Show data context 1,412 Show data context 1,436 Show data context 222 Show data context 201 Show data context
1881 1,162 Show data context 57 Show data context 11,070 Show data context 2,535 Show data context 4,268 Show data context 815 Show data context 592 Show data context
1911 1,516 Show data context 4,173 Show data context 14,773 Show data context 5,005 Show data context 7,952 Show data context 1,348 Show data context 1,479 Show data context
1931 1,254 Show data context 425 Show data context 17,060 Show data context 4,623 Show data context 10,315 Show data context 712 Show data context 2,617 Show data context
1951 1,290 Show data context 866 Show data context 37,843 Show data context 8,041 Show data context 10,298 Show data context 724 Show data context 4,586 Show data context
1971 508 Show data context 419 Show data context 37,170 Show data context 11,989 Show data context 15,581 Show data context 2,884 Show data context 11,560 Show data context
1991 340 Show data context 910 Show data context 18,668 Show data context 11,172 Show data context 14,976 Show data context 8,280 Show data context 13,665 Show data context
2001 456 Show data context 473 Show data context 13,600 Show data context 11,576 Show data context 19,884 Show data context 9,818 Show data context 20,163 Show data context
2011 221 Show data context 617 Show data context 8,672 Show data context 12,958 Show data context 22,369 Show data context 14,678 Show data context 27,607 Show data context
2021 256 Show data context 939 Show data context 6,900 Show data context 12,992 Show data context 20,604 Show data context 14,561 Show data context 30,237 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, Stockton on Tees Unitary Authority (UA) 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