Broadland 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 5,418 Show data context 12 Show data context 7,435 Show data context 1,749 Show data context 5,403 Show data context 773 Show data context 658 Show data context
1861 6,558 Show data context 18 Show data context 3,385 Show data context 1,020 Show data context 3,102 Show data context 318 Show data context 438 Show data context
1881 4,655 Show data context 19 Show data context 2,116 Show data context 1,239 Show data context 3,298 Show data context 184 Show data context 490 Show data context
1911 6,714 Show data context 51 Show data context 3,348 Show data context 1,988 Show data context 4,769 Show data context 426 Show data context 936 Show data context
1931 4,657 Show data context 61 Show data context 4,122 Show data context 2,210 Show data context 5,667 Show data context 423 Show data context 1,981 Show data context
1951 4,937 Show data context 35 Show data context 4,921 Show data context 3,768 Show data context 4,742 Show data context 490 Show data context 3,800 Show data context
1971 4,099 Show data context 85 Show data context 7,031 Show data context 4,810 Show data context 6,232 Show data context 1,539 Show data context 4,473 Show data context
1991 1,250 Show data context 0 Show data context 6,672 Show data context 5,658 Show data context 9,360 Show data context 2,691 Show data context 6,906 Show data context
2001 1,317 Show data context 237 Show data context 8,150 Show data context 8,578 Show data context 15,810 Show data context 10,298 Show data context 13,573 Show data context
2011 881 Show data context 175 Show data context 5,416 Show data context 9,078 Show data context 16,647 Show data context 12,112 Show data context 17,232 Show data context
2021 903 Show data context 263 Show data context 4,263 Show data context 10,006 Show data context 14,920 Show data context 13,117 Show data context 19,175 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.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Broadland 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/10142775/cube/IND_SECTOR_7WAY

Date accessed: 08th April 2026