Newcastle upon Tyne 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 641 Show data context 568 Show data context 8,524 Show data context 3,573 Show data context 6,295 Show data context 1,097 Show data context 997 Show data context
1861 1,235 Show data context 1,031 Show data context 15,787 Show data context 7,894 Show data context 9,583 Show data context 1,584 Show data context 1,041 Show data context
1881 1,178 Show data context 2,578 Show data context 21,412 Show data context 9,828 Show data context 16,888 Show data context 4,035 Show data context 2,431 Show data context
1911 1,758 Show data context 10,054 Show data context 42,753 Show data context 20,353 Show data context 30,578 Show data context 8,888 Show data context 6,351 Show data context
1931 1,100 Show data context 7,447 Show data context 34,442 Show data context 18,521 Show data context 40,057 Show data context 4,399 Show data context 10,611 Show data context
1951 930 Show data context 5,456 Show data context 60,063 Show data context 32,024 Show data context 49,151 Show data context 8,046 Show data context 28,204 Show data context
1971 1,506 Show data context 3,203 Show data context 47,418 Show data context 30,350 Show data context 40,847 Show data context 14,412 Show data context 37,212 Show data context
1991 222 Show data context 259 Show data context 18,134 Show data context 20,781 Show data context 32,176 Show data context 28,687 Show data context 48,650 Show data context
2001 434 Show data context 198 Show data context 10,429 Show data context 14,527 Show data context 27,411 Show data context 15,787 Show data context 32,734 Show data context
2011 153 Show data context 231 Show data context 7,315 Show data context 14,361 Show data context 34,272 Show data context 23,030 Show data context 39,973 Show data context
2021 169 Show data context 345 Show data context 6,521 Show data context 14,665 Show data context 31,681 Show data context 25,707 Show data context 45,984 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, Newcastle upon Tyne 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/10142714/cube/IND_SECTOR_7WAY

Date accessed: 09th April 2026