Thanet 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 1,458 Show data context 2 Show data context 1,695 Show data context 1,558 Show data context 3,802 Show data context 328 Show data context 477 Show data context
1861 1,677 Show data context 8 Show data context 1,957 Show data context 1,568 Show data context 4,127 Show data context 410 Show data context 631 Show data context
1881 1,894 Show data context 9 Show data context 2,743 Show data context 3,480 Show data context 7,255 Show data context 524 Show data context 1,314 Show data context
1911 2,572 Show data context 128 Show data context 7,089 Show data context 5,288 Show data context 12,880 Show data context 1,697 Show data context 3,949 Show data context
1931 1,727 Show data context 718 Show data context 3,248 Show data context 6,161 Show data context 17,865 Show data context 1,445 Show data context 5,340 Show data context
1951 1,659 Show data context 1,345 Show data context 3,273 Show data context 6,310 Show data context 14,359 Show data context 1,019 Show data context 5,320 Show data context
1971 1,332 Show data context 290 Show data context 9,236 Show data context 5,870 Show data context 9,235 Show data context 2,332 Show data context 6,113 Show data context
1991 630 Show data context 0 Show data context 5,705 Show data context 6,870 Show data context 11,342 Show data context 3,312 Show data context 10,600 Show data context
2001 752 Show data context 24 Show data context 6,880 Show data context 8,424 Show data context 13,489 Show data context 5,489 Show data context 14,180 Show data context
2011 469 Show data context 19 Show data context 4,120 Show data context 8,647 Show data context 14,914 Show data context 8,569 Show data context 18,462 Show data context
2021 345 Show data context 23 Show data context 3,612 Show data context 9,554 Show data context 15,424 Show data context 9,719 Show data context 20,443 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, Thanet 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/10102728/cube/IND_SECTOR_7WAY

Date accessed: 08th April 2026