West Oxfordshire 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 7,403 Show data context 14 Show data context 2,868 Show data context 1,089 Show data context 3,519 Show data context 292 Show data context 316 Show data context
1861 8,797 Show data context 38 Show data context 4,114 Show data context 1,327 Show data context 3,064 Show data context 297 Show data context 411 Show data context
1881 5,946 Show data context 17 Show data context 3,909 Show data context 1,404 Show data context 3,739 Show data context 187 Show data context 562 Show data context
1911 5,555 Show data context 96 Show data context 2,936 Show data context 2,380 Show data context 5,826 Show data context 349 Show data context 1,023 Show data context
1931 3,744 Show data context 75 Show data context 3,397 Show data context 2,280 Show data context 5,119 Show data context 266 Show data context 1,361 Show data context
1951 3,899 Show data context 114 Show data context 3,892 Show data context 2,984 Show data context 5,501 Show data context 353 Show data context 2,131 Show data context
1971 1,574 Show data context 71 Show data context 4,677 Show data context 3,590 Show data context 5,121 Show data context 1,375 Show data context 5,732 Show data context
1991 1,450 Show data context 60 Show data context 6,072 Show data context 4,964 Show data context 9,520 Show data context 4,363 Show data context 8,213 Show data context
2001 1,343 Show data context 116 Show data context 7,744 Show data context 6,487 Show data context 12,909 Show data context 8,489 Show data context 13,440 Show data context
2011 750 Show data context 89 Show data context 5,130 Show data context 6,958 Show data context 14,138 Show data context 11,931 Show data context 17,519 Show data context
2021 777 Show data context 83 Show data context 4,665 Show data context 7,805 Show data context 13,316 Show data context 13,100 Show data context 19,171 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))

This website exists to help people doing personal research projects on particular areas within a locality. So long as you are using our data for only a small number of units, you are not making money out of what you are doing, and you are not systematically re-publishing our data, you do not need to request permission from us, but you do need to acknowledge us as your source with the wording:

"This work is based on data provided through www.VisionofBritain.org.uk and uses historical material which is copyright of the Great Britain Historical GIS Project and the University of Portsmouth".

Where the above statement is included in a web page or similar online resource, the reference to "www.VisionofBritain.org.uk" must be a working hyperlink.

nCube definition


Male occupations grouped using the Registrar General's Social Classification.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, West Oxfordshire 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/10168223/cube/IND_SECTOR_7WAY

Date accessed: 10th April 2026