Adur 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 384 Show data context 1 Show data context 113 Show data context 65 Show data context 201 Show data context 17 Show data context 26 Show data context
1861 479 Show data context 1 Show data context 256 Show data context 226 Show data context 723 Show data context 65 Show data context 174 Show data context
1881 411 Show data context 0 Show data context 503 Show data context 639 Show data context 774 Show data context 56 Show data context 179 Show data context
1911 821 Show data context 18 Show data context 925 Show data context 1,106 Show data context 2,708 Show data context 246 Show data context 511 Show data context
1931 937 Show data context 8 Show data context 1,438 Show data context 1,885 Show data context 3,262 Show data context 284 Show data context 796 Show data context
1951 1,270 Show data context 8 Show data context 2,840 Show data context 2,684 Show data context 3,872 Show data context 336 Show data context 1,646 Show data context
1971 1,579 Show data context 34 Show data context 3,730 Show data context 2,940 Show data context 4,549 Show data context 1,506 Show data context 3,146 Show data context
1991 80 Show data context 10 Show data context 4,589 Show data context 3,133 Show data context 4,171 Show data context 2,196 Show data context 4,423 Show data context
2001 235 Show data context 24 Show data context 3,471 Show data context 4,744 Show data context 7,330 Show data context 4,958 Show data context 6,423 Show data context
2011 70 Show data context 23 Show data context 2,417 Show data context 5,125 Show data context 7,611 Show data context 5,859 Show data context 8,251 Show data context
2021 70 Show data context 13 Show data context 1,748 Show data context 5,398 Show data context 7,138 Show data context 6,340 Show data context 9,130 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, Adur 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/10168247/cube/IND_SECTOR_7WAY

Date accessed: 08th April 2026