Herefordshire Unitary Authority (County/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 16,632 Show data context 119 Show data context 6,422 Show data context 3,259 Show data context 13,339 Show data context 763 Show data context 680 Show data context
1861 21,454 Show data context 495 Show data context 8,186 Show data context 5,058 Show data context 8,984 Show data context 1,105 Show data context 1,127 Show data context
1881 15,014 Show data context 205 Show data context 6,188 Show data context 4,225 Show data context 12,454 Show data context 802 Show data context 1,734 Show data context
1911 17,155 Show data context 218 Show data context 6,068 Show data context 6,368 Show data context 16,469 Show data context 1,220 Show data context 2,821 Show data context
1931 12,989 Show data context 319 Show data context 4,902 Show data context 5,326 Show data context 15,993 Show data context 901 Show data context 3,554 Show data context
1951 13,682 Show data context 170 Show data context 7,222 Show data context 7,723 Show data context 13,297 Show data context 1,068 Show data context 9,647 Show data context
1971 7,805 Show data context 176 Show data context 12,319 Show data context 6,981 Show data context 9,976 Show data context 1,815 Show data context 8,546 Show data context
1991 5,897 Show data context 200 Show data context 15,030 Show data context 8,490 Show data context 17,492 Show data context 5,683 Show data context 13,890 Show data context
2001 5,429 Show data context 208 Show data context 14,157 Show data context 10,372 Show data context 22,280 Show data context 9,284 Show data context 19,505 Show data context
2011 4,893 Show data context 124 Show data context 11,373 Show data context 11,535 Show data context 23,966 Show data context 13,500 Show data context 24,846 Show data context
2021 4,811 Show data context 118 Show data context 9,601 Show data context 11,942 Show data context 21,865 Show data context 14,441 Show data context 25,743 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, Herefordshire Unitary Authority (County/UA) through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 08th April 2026