Milton Keynes Unitary Authority (UA) : Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

Data cube chart.

Year A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing B: Mining & quarrying C: Manufacturing D: Electricity, gas, steam etc E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt F: Construction G: Wholesale & retail trade H: Transport & storage I: Accommodation & catering J: Information & communication K: Financial & insurance L: Real estate activities. M: Professional, scientific & technical N: Administrative & support O: Public administration & defence P: Education Q: Human health & social work R, S, T, U: Other services
1841 3,371 Show data context 0 Show data context 2,133 Show data context 0 Show data context 3 Show data context 352 Show data context 313 Show data context 92 Show data context 115 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 7 Show data context 22 Show data context 138 Show data context 40 Show data context 65 Show data context 36 Show data context 1,397 Show data context
1861 3,721 Show data context 8 Show data context 4,245 Show data context 8 Show data context 2 Show data context 583 Show data context 415 Show data context 248 Show data context 247 Show data context 6 Show data context 3 Show data context 60 Show data context 33 Show data context 28 Show data context 43 Show data context 129 Show data context 53 Show data context 887 Show data context
1881 2,315 Show data context 2 Show data context 4,042 Show data context 16 Show data context 1 Show data context 891 Show data context 453 Show data context 376 Show data context 143 Show data context 16 Show data context 11 Show data context 4 Show data context 35 Show data context 68 Show data context 100 Show data context 195 Show data context 44 Show data context 1,597 Show data context
1911 3,396 Show data context 24 Show data context 3,969 Show data context 45 Show data context 12 Show data context 1,094 Show data context 1,116 Show data context 1,038 Show data context 370 Show data context 45 Show data context 81 Show data context 0 Show data context 102 Show data context 173 Show data context 298 Show data context 345 Show data context 162 Show data context 3,577 Show data context
1931 1,572 Show data context 35 Show data context 5,993 Show data context 128 Show data context 9 Show data context 640 Show data context 1,634 Show data context 1,410 Show data context 217 Show data context 15 Show data context 91 Show data context 28 Show data context 94 Show data context 0 Show data context 368 Show data context 305 Show data context 131 Show data context 1,741 Show data context
1951 1,550 Show data context 22 Show data context 7,776 Show data context 235 Show data context 8 Show data context 1,025 Show data context 1,971 Show data context 1,844 Show data context 601 Show data context 0 Show data context 153 Show data context 0 Show data context 99 Show data context 0 Show data context 1,775 Show data context 397 Show data context 189 Show data context 752 Show data context
1971 1,001 Show data context 36 Show data context 6,868 Show data context 119 Show data context 48 Show data context 1,878 Show data context 3,009 Show data context 1,002 Show data context 490 Show data context 932 Show data context 325 Show data context 91 Show data context 749 Show data context 131 Show data context 2,067 Show data context 1,373 Show data context 762 Show data context 926 Show data context
2011 276 Show data context 74 Show data context 10,225 Show data context 272 Show data context 611 Show data context 7,339 Show data context 26,365 Show data context 8,348 Show data context 5,762 Show data context 8,212 Show data context 6,704 Show data context 1,523 Show data context 8,459 Show data context 6,933 Show data context 5,742 Show data context 13,401 Show data context 11,945 Show data context 5,592 Show data context
2021 305 Show data context 80 Show data context 10,029 Show data context 594 Show data context 622 Show data context 9,329 Show data context 27,278 Show data context 10,617 Show data context 6,537 Show data context 10,287 Show data context 7,240 Show data context 1,864 Show data context 8,796 Show data context 8,089 Show data context 6,186 Show data context 14,088 Show data context 15,797 Show data context 5,600 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
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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Housing density, simplified to under 1 person per room, 1 to 1.5, and over 1.5. Data for these categories can be computed for districts in England and Wales for all censuses from 1931 onwards, but for Scotland they can only be computed for 1971 on.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Milton Keynes Unitary Authority (UA) through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Standard Industrial Classification (2007), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 05th June 2026