Mid Sussex 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 3,136 Show data context 8 Show data context 932 Show data context 537 Show data context 1,670 Show data context 149 Show data context 213 Show data context
1861 3,340 Show data context 11 Show data context 1,063 Show data context 857 Show data context 1,807 Show data context 182 Show data context 278 Show data context
1881 2,725 Show data context 17 Show data context 1,370 Show data context 1,857 Show data context 3,133 Show data context 173 Show data context 453 Show data context
1911 3,529 Show data context 53 Show data context 2,209 Show data context 2,743 Show data context 8,593 Show data context 607 Show data context 1,452 Show data context
1931 2,657 Show data context 16 Show data context 1,709 Show data context 3,285 Show data context 9,722 Show data context 627 Show data context 2,017 Show data context
1951 2,719 Show data context 10 Show data context 2,143 Show data context 4,210 Show data context 7,931 Show data context 812 Show data context 3,365 Show data context
1971 2,336 Show data context 31 Show data context 5,153 Show data context 5,323 Show data context 7,458 Show data context 1,957 Show data context 5,772 Show data context
1991 1,041 Show data context 39 Show data context 7,655 Show data context 6,574 Show data context 11,960 Show data context 9,265 Show data context 9,627 Show data context
2001 983 Show data context 88 Show data context 6,646 Show data context 11,949 Show data context 15,052 Show data context 15,527 Show data context 14,432 Show data context
2011 459 Show data context 85 Show data context 4,124 Show data context 10,949 Show data context 16,844 Show data context 19,884 Show data context 19,884 Show data context
2021 487 Show data context 107 Show data context 3,728 Show data context 11,310 Show data context 16,385 Show data context 21,814 Show data context 22,745 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, Mid Sussex 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/10142647/cube/IND_SECTOR_7WAY

Date accessed: 08th April 2026