Forest of Dean 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 4,859 Show data context 468 Show data context 3,385 Show data context 1,226 Show data context 3,564 Show data context 329 Show data context 316 Show data context
1861 5,493 Show data context 1,676 Show data context 2,709 Show data context 1,409 Show data context 2,522 Show data context 233 Show data context 347 Show data context
1881 3,452 Show data context 4,251 Show data context 3,214 Show data context 1,529 Show data context 3,437 Show data context 257 Show data context 555 Show data context
1911 5,422 Show data context 1,785 Show data context 5,351 Show data context 3,096 Show data context 6,428 Show data context 574 Show data context 1,226 Show data context
1931 3,104 Show data context 5,496 Show data context 2,604 Show data context 2,364 Show data context 4,760 Show data context 237 Show data context 2,621 Show data context
1951 3,250 Show data context 3,837 Show data context 6,651 Show data context 2,876 Show data context 3,888 Show data context 262 Show data context 2,855 Show data context
1971 1,536 Show data context 138 Show data context 10,994 Show data context 2,959 Show data context 3,257 Show data context 965 Show data context 3,049 Show data context
1991 1,710 Show data context 170 Show data context 7,420 Show data context 3,569 Show data context 5,431 Show data context 1,964 Show data context 4,657 Show data context
2001 1,390 Show data context 99 Show data context 8,455 Show data context 5,263 Show data context 9,033 Show data context 5,067 Show data context 8,277 Show data context
2011 986 Show data context 70 Show data context 5,275 Show data context 5,904 Show data context 9,568 Show data context 6,528 Show data context 10,737 Show data context
2021 1,019 Show data context 56 Show data context 4,117 Show data context 6,571 Show data context 9,262 Show data context 7,111 Show data context 11,795 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, Forest of Dean District 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