the East Government Region : Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Data cube chart.

Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Services
1841 207,188 Show data context 386 Show data context 102,994 Show data context 39,704 Show data context 148,076 Show data context
1861 242,879 Show data context 477 Show data context 150,858 Show data context 49,926 Show data context 153,807 Show data context
1881 182,569 Show data context 1,271 Show data context 151,365 Show data context 66,341 Show data context 193,760 Show data context
1911 217,950 Show data context 1,988 Show data context 208,816 Show data context 138,452 Show data context 371,267 Show data context
1931 169,055 Show data context 2,890 Show data context 240,291 Show data context 153,563 Show data context 450,152 Show data context
1951 169,740 Show data context 2,331 Show data context 376,958 Show data context 209,168 Show data context 530,887 Show data context
1971 84,042 Show data context 3,281 Show data context 565,456 Show data context 262,932 Show data context 750,990 Show data context
1991 56,352 Show data context 5,031 Show data context 435,864 Show data context 318,435 Show data context 1,270,466 Show data context
2001 49,715 Show data context 5,458 Show data context 373,167 Show data context 403,924 Show data context 1,747,138 Show data context
2011 30,198 Show data context 3,451 Show data context 247,992 Show data context 427,786 Show data context 2,140,085 Show data context
2021 30,672 Show data context 4,078 Show data context 212,772 Show data context 496,406 Show data context 2,284,771 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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Date accessed: 09th April 2026