Lancashire 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 26,030 Show data context 8,800 Show data context 125,379 Show data context 14,601 Show data context 37,725 Show data context
1861 37,882 Show data context 7,725 Show data context 111,765 Show data context 15,928 Show data context 36,088 Show data context
1881 23,809 Show data context 10,536 Show data context 156,017 Show data context 24,441 Show data context 59,191 Show data context
1911 23,040 Show data context 33,309 Show data context 258,108 Show data context 45,312 Show data context 100,055 Show data context
1931 29,004 Show data context 11,266 Show data context 211,808 Show data context 40,945 Show data context 118,862 Show data context
1951 24,317 Show data context 7,217 Show data context 229,273 Show data context 54,775 Show data context 149,744 Show data context
1971 7,154 Show data context 6,150 Show data context 164,394 Show data context 54,003 Show data context 144,221 Show data context
1991 11,230 Show data context 370 Show data context 123,262 Show data context 56,584 Show data context 252,512 Show data context
2001 9,335 Show data context 761 Show data context 96,577 Show data context 64,146 Show data context 334,090 Show data context
2011 6,320 Show data context 579 Show data context 67,026 Show data context 72,560 Show data context 399,723 Show data context
2021 6,375 Show data context 650 Show data context 55,007 Show data context 79,202 Show data context 415,697 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, Lancashire 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/10097848/cube/IND_SECTOR_5WAY

Date accessed: 09th April 2026