Bridgend District : Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

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Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Services
1841 1,188 Show data context 762 Show data context 935 Show data context 413 Show data context 1,053 Show data context
1861 1,840 Show data context 612 Show data context 1,184 Show data context 502 Show data context 1,185 Show data context
1881 896 Show data context 3,406 Show data context 2,452 Show data context 1,201 Show data context 2,668 Show data context
1911 1,212 Show data context 12,827 Show data context 6,495 Show data context 5,236 Show data context 7,523 Show data context
1931 1,138 Show data context 13,774 Show data context 2,017 Show data context 2,746 Show data context 9,948 Show data context
1951 987 Show data context 9,159 Show data context 5,778 Show data context 5,324 Show data context 12,608 Show data context
1971 651 Show data context 4,977 Show data context 13,050 Show data context 6,384 Show data context 11,856 Show data context
1991 311 Show data context 173 Show data context 9,675 Show data context 5,883 Show data context 23,973 Show data context
2001 380 Show data context 225 Show data context 12,621 Show data context 6,964 Show data context 32,736 Show data context
2011 250 Show data context 158 Show data context 8,176 Show data context 8,581 Show data context 44,094 Show data context
2021 225 Show data context 115 Show data context 6,775 Show data context 9,455 Show data context 47,467 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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Numbers of the two sexes tend to be balanced. Military bases led to higher proportions of men, while large numbers of domestic servants created concentrations of women.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Bridgend District through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way), A Vision of Ireland through Time.

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Date accessed: 10th April 2026