Hastings 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 445 Show data context 2 Show data context 801 Show data context 627 Show data context 1,837 Show data context 157 Show data context 235 Show data context
1861 451 Show data context 4 Show data context 695 Show data context 578 Show data context 1,561 Show data context 212 Show data context 274 Show data context
1881 921 Show data context 15 Show data context 2,780 Show data context 3,256 Show data context 8,898 Show data context 727 Show data context 1,167 Show data context
1911 1,202 Show data context 24 Show data context 3,963 Show data context 4,725 Show data context 13,908 Show data context 1,276 Show data context 2,440 Show data context
1931 702 Show data context 33 Show data context 2,792 Show data context 4,956 Show data context 13,773 Show data context 1,021 Show data context 3,807 Show data context
1951 420 Show data context 8 Show data context 1,765 Show data context 4,648 Show data context 9,854 Show data context 936 Show data context 4,514 Show data context
1971 300 Show data context 10 Show data context 4,699 Show data context 5,200 Show data context 8,182 Show data context 2,237 Show data context 6,380 Show data context
1991 150 Show data context 0 Show data context 4,449 Show data context 4,303 Show data context 7,242 Show data context 3,393 Show data context 8,963 Show data context
2001 386 Show data context 33 Show data context 4,218 Show data context 5,575 Show data context 9,672 Show data context 4,705 Show data context 10,959 Show data context
2011 142 Show data context 27 Show data context 2,828 Show data context 6,065 Show data context 11,090 Show data context 6,358 Show data context 14,161 Show data context
2021 143 Show data context 12 Show data context 2,169 Show data context 6,294 Show data context 10,501 Show data context 7,246 Show data context 14,556 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, Hastings 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/10142568/cube/IND_SECTOR_7WAY

Date accessed: 08th April 2026