Portsmouth Unitary Authority (UA) : 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 704 Show data context 3 Show data context 5,296 Show data context 2,207 Show data context 4,368 Show data context 494 Show data context 3,371 Show data context
1861 927 Show data context 53 Show data context 9,120 Show data context 4,105 Show data context 7,228 Show data context 834 Show data context 11,367 Show data context
1881 795 Show data context 95 Show data context 15,191 Show data context 10,256 Show data context 12,772 Show data context 1,246 Show data context 11,224 Show data context
1911 1,028 Show data context 55 Show data context 27,146 Show data context 14,255 Show data context 25,929 Show data context 3,033 Show data context 28,509 Show data context
1931 483 Show data context 10 Show data context 23,755 Show data context 12,034 Show data context 31,580 Show data context 2,383 Show data context 27,643 Show data context
1951 140 Show data context 10 Show data context 28,735 Show data context 15,321 Show data context 24,636 Show data context 2,545 Show data context 34,990 Show data context
1971 75 Show data context 10 Show data context 30,852 Show data context 17,281 Show data context 22,657 Show data context 5,332 Show data context 33,992 Show data context
1991 140 Show data context 0 Show data context 19,263 Show data context 13,033 Show data context 20,752 Show data context 12,015 Show data context 29,468 Show data context
2001 384 Show data context 54 Show data context 11,456 Show data context 13,267 Show data context 22,872 Show data context 13,181 Show data context 25,814 Show data context
2011 127 Show data context 41 Show data context 8,426 Show data context 14,688 Show data context 25,369 Show data context 16,734 Show data context 31,234 Show data context
2021 131 Show data context 37 Show data context 6,643 Show data context 16,122 Show data context 24,181 Show data context 15,967 Show data context 34,621 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, Portsmouth Unitary Authority (UA) through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 09th April 2026