Rushcliffe 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 3,672 Show data context 202 Show data context 4,232 Show data context 546 Show data context 2,371 Show data context 180 Show data context 181 Show data context
1861 4,499 Show data context 611 Show data context 5,737 Show data context 805 Show data context 2,251 Show data context 211 Show data context 298 Show data context
1881 2,691 Show data context 226 Show data context 3,372 Show data context 911 Show data context 2,254 Show data context 170 Show data context 321 Show data context
1911 2,667 Show data context 2,964 Show data context 4,435 Show data context 1,855 Show data context 3,424 Show data context 457 Show data context 594 Show data context
1931 2,494 Show data context 1,033 Show data context 5,642 Show data context 2,161 Show data context 6,343 Show data context 856 Show data context 1,936 Show data context
1951 2,306 Show data context 2,956 Show data context 4,290 Show data context 2,322 Show data context 3,423 Show data context 231 Show data context 4,309 Show data context
1971 998 Show data context 6,485 Show data context 8,231 Show data context 3,479 Show data context 4,348 Show data context 850 Show data context 3,445 Show data context
1991 1,040 Show data context 770 Show data context 3,957 Show data context 4,734 Show data context 8,094 Show data context 3,580 Show data context 10,103 Show data context
2001 836 Show data context 93 Show data context 6,911 Show data context 5,754 Show data context 13,181 Show data context 10,296 Show data context 15,032 Show data context
2011 564 Show data context 97 Show data context 4,466 Show data context 6,135 Show data context 13,426 Show data context 12,284 Show data context 18,374 Show data context
2021 540 Show data context 58 Show data context 3,903 Show data context 6,770 Show data context 12,184 Show data context 13,146 Show data context 20,406 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, Rushcliffe 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/10100677/cube/IND_SECTOR_7WAY

Date accessed: 09th April 2026