the Isle of Wight Unitary Authority (UA) : Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

Data cube chart.

Year A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing B: Mining & quarrying C: Manufacturing D: Electricity, gas, steam etc E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt F: Construction G: Wholesale & retail trade H: Transport & storage I: Accommodation & catering J: Information & communication K: Financial & insurance L: Real estate activities. M: Professional, scientific & technical N: Administrative & support O: Public administration & defence P: Education Q: Human health & social work R, S, T, U: Other services
1841 3,050 Show data context 3 Show data context 1,112 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 438 Show data context 256 Show data context 182 Show data context 82 Show data context 4 Show data context 4 Show data context 8 Show data context 22 Show data context 155 Show data context 89 Show data context 78 Show data context 44 Show data context 1,565 Show data context
1861 3,880 Show data context 19 Show data context 3,945 Show data context 10 Show data context 11 Show data context 1,655 Show data context 1,169 Show data context 1,355 Show data context 736 Show data context 23 Show data context 25 Show data context 359 Show data context 142 Show data context 121 Show data context 1,210 Show data context 337 Show data context 186 Show data context 4,036 Show data context
1881 3,082 Show data context 59 Show data context 4,862 Show data context 25 Show data context 9 Show data context 2,380 Show data context 1,652 Show data context 2,083 Show data context 924 Show data context 56 Show data context 69 Show data context 45 Show data context 290 Show data context 284 Show data context 1,623 Show data context 646 Show data context 222 Show data context 6,937 Show data context
1911 4,123 Show data context 82 Show data context 7,463 Show data context 172 Show data context 14 Show data context 2,954 Show data context 3,853 Show data context 3,600 Show data context 1,975 Show data context 221 Show data context 248 Show data context 0 Show data context 214 Show data context 613 Show data context 3,311 Show data context 936 Show data context 916 Show data context 10,276 Show data context
1931 3,175 Show data context 79 Show data context 5,419 Show data context 500 Show data context 45 Show data context 2,794 Show data context 5,637 Show data context 2,839 Show data context 2,782 Show data context 20 Show data context 413 Show data context 135 Show data context 378 Show data context 2 Show data context 2,522 Show data context 919 Show data context 814 Show data context 6,773 Show data context
1951 2,985 Show data context 25 Show data context 6,764 Show data context 894 Show data context 65 Show data context 3,279 Show data context 5,779 Show data context 2,874 Show data context 3,138 Show data context 0 Show data context 477 Show data context 0 Show data context 440 Show data context 0 Show data context 3,310 Show data context 899 Show data context 1,390 Show data context 3,379 Show data context
1971 1,408 Show data context 61 Show data context 8,532 Show data context 659 Show data context 0 Show data context 3,401 Show data context 5,507 Show data context 2,322 Show data context 2,372 Show data context 532 Show data context 454 Show data context 171 Show data context 625 Show data context 77 Show data context 3,035 Show data context 1,515 Show data context 1,312 Show data context 1,626 Show data context
2011 735 Show data context 70 Show data context 5,335 Show data context 227 Show data context 351 Show data context 5,034 Show data context 9,379 Show data context 2,380 Show data context 5,393 Show data context 1,090 Show data context 888 Show data context 927 Show data context 2,568 Show data context 2,266 Show data context 4,047 Show data context 5,831 Show data context 9,277 Show data context 3,501 Show data context
2021 574 Show data context 61 Show data context 4,304 Show data context 350 Show data context 430 Show data context 5,388 Show data context 8,771 Show data context 2,093 Show data context 4,587 Show data context 1,385 Show data context 748 Show data context 973 Show data context 2,485 Show data context 3,139 Show data context 3,431 Show data context 4,897 Show data context 11,038 Show data context 3,213 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
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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nCube definition


Housing density, simplified to under 1 person per room, 1 to 1.5, and over 1.5. Data for these categories can be computed for districts in England and Wales for all censuses from 1931 onwards, but for Scotland they can only be computed for 1971 on.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, the Isle of Wight Unitary Authority (UA) through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Standard Industrial Classification (2007), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 05th June 2026