London Government Region : Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Data cube chart.

Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Services
1841 23,670 Show data context 140 Show data context 230,524 Show data context 92,535 Show data context 353,247 Show data context
1861 42,055 Show data context 994 Show data context 401,085 Show data context 192,617 Show data context 524,523 Show data context
1881 47,188 Show data context 1,855 Show data context 549,319 Show data context 327,135 Show data context 859,874 Show data context
1911 45,121 Show data context 3,200 Show data context 921,944 Show data context 613,494 Show data context 1,636,611 Show data context
1931 24,958 Show data context 2,329 Show data context 1,141,295 Show data context 670,772 Show data context 1,871,927 Show data context
1951 11,534 Show data context 2,487 Show data context 1,443,672 Show data context 791,640 Show data context 1,966,066 Show data context
1971 5,240 Show data context 4,700 Show data context 1,010,450 Show data context 734,020 Show data context 2,277,830 Show data context
1991 6,030 Show data context 8,364 Show data context 385,796 Show data context 500,862 Show data context 2,401,162 Show data context
2001 11,068 Show data context 4,510 Show data context 253,405 Show data context 455,999 Show data context 2,594,038 Show data context
2011 2,363 Show data context 5,606 Show data context 128,905 Show data context 487,257 Show data context 3,374,766 Show data context
2021 2,809 Show data context 4,951 Show data context 131,810 Show data context 574,710 Show data context 3,646,344 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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nCube definition


Comparing the total population of an area for consecutive Censuses.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, London Government Region through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 01st June 2026