Kirklees District : 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 2,739 Show data context 878 Show data context 11,258 Show data context 1,672 Show data context 4,036 Show data context 503 Show data context 314 Show data context
1861 6,905 Show data context 3,574 Show data context 48,731 Show data context 6,627 Show data context 9,862 Show data context 1,332 Show data context 1,092 Show data context
1881 4,932 Show data context 6,466 Show data context 76,925 Show data context 11,807 Show data context 17,193 Show data context 2,938 Show data context 2,462 Show data context
1911 3,838 Show data context 16,565 Show data context 90,353 Show data context 21,285 Show data context 27,227 Show data context 6,045 Show data context 5,371 Show data context
1931 3,201 Show data context 6,478 Show data context 95,224 Show data context 15,083 Show data context 29,819 Show data context 2,689 Show data context 8,924 Show data context
1951 2,491 Show data context 4,101 Show data context 98,342 Show data context 18,067 Show data context 30,684 Show data context 2,770 Show data context 11,358 Show data context
1971 1,979 Show data context 8,171 Show data context 58,832 Show data context 17,597 Show data context 25,119 Show data context 5,960 Show data context 19,658 Show data context
1991 1,181 Show data context 210 Show data context 48,025 Show data context 17,975 Show data context 33,605 Show data context 11,459 Show data context 28,562 Show data context
2001 1,325 Show data context 294 Show data context 41,484 Show data context 21,873 Show data context 45,869 Show data context 22,979 Show data context 40,314 Show data context
2011 676 Show data context 187 Show data context 28,916 Show data context 26,567 Show data context 50,503 Show data context 31,780 Show data context 53,768 Show data context
2021 697 Show data context 209 Show data context 22,673 Show data context 27,516 Show data context 47,459 Show data context 33,081 Show data context 58,494 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, Kirklees District 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