Arun 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 2,065 Show data context 5 Show data context 606 Show data context 351 Show data context 1,087 Show data context 95 Show data context 138 Show data context
1861 2,267 Show data context 6 Show data context 1,237 Show data context 744 Show data context 2,020 Show data context 229 Show data context 463 Show data context
1881 1,711 Show data context 6 Show data context 1,097 Show data context 1,129 Show data context 2,531 Show data context 153 Show data context 426 Show data context
1911 2,376 Show data context 39 Show data context 1,918 Show data context 2,159 Show data context 6,135 Show data context 476 Show data context 1,113 Show data context
1931 2,308 Show data context 19 Show data context 1,821 Show data context 3,615 Show data context 9,061 Show data context 592 Show data context 1,879 Show data context
1951 2,294 Show data context 16 Show data context 3,388 Show data context 3,904 Show data context 8,731 Show data context 813 Show data context 3,524 Show data context
1971 2,836 Show data context 61 Show data context 6,540 Show data context 4,991 Show data context 7,814 Show data context 2,538 Show data context 5,427 Show data context
1991 2,110 Show data context 30 Show data context 8,940 Show data context 5,329 Show data context 11,485 Show data context 4,568 Show data context 7,342 Show data context
2001 1,749 Show data context 33 Show data context 8,313 Show data context 9,093 Show data context 17,454 Show data context 9,070 Show data context 14,730 Show data context
2011 1,241 Show data context 55 Show data context 5,896 Show data context 9,795 Show data context 19,550 Show data context 11,973 Show data context 18,933 Show data context
2021 950 Show data context 33 Show data context 5,922 Show data context 11,394 Show data context 20,174 Show data context 13,174 Show data context 21,538 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, Arun District through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10099201/cube/IND_SECTOR_7WAY

Date accessed: 08th April 2026