Wolverhampton District : 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 526 Show data context 3,585 Show data context 5,788 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 589 Show data context 551 Show data context 219 Show data context 167 Show data context 3 Show data context 9 Show data context 12 Show data context 35 Show data context 233 Show data context 45 Show data context 69 Show data context 38 Show data context 1,609 Show data context
1861 928 Show data context 1,979 Show data context 6,067 Show data context 11 Show data context 13 Show data context 631 Show data context 796 Show data context 656 Show data context 369 Show data context 12 Show data context 24 Show data context 85 Show data context 56 Show data context 95 Show data context 67 Show data context 115 Show data context 37 Show data context 1,051 Show data context
1881 890 Show data context 2,032 Show data context 22,247 Show data context 81 Show data context 22 Show data context 2,427 Show data context 2,421 Show data context 2,596 Show data context 756 Show data context 63 Show data context 198 Show data context 39 Show data context 252 Show data context 1,106 Show data context 327 Show data context 642 Show data context 170 Show data context 5,552 Show data context
1911 1,263 Show data context 4,403 Show data context 32,997 Show data context 354 Show data context 87 Show data context 3,377 Show data context 5,952 Show data context 5,862 Show data context 1,634 Show data context 230 Show data context 507 Show data context 0 Show data context 301 Show data context 2,319 Show data context 926 Show data context 1,172 Show data context 601 Show data context 6,826 Show data context
1931 662 Show data context 635 Show data context 41,631 Show data context 1,134 Show data context 156 Show data context 3,175 Show data context 9,705 Show data context 5,248 Show data context 1,682 Show data context 17 Show data context 742 Show data context 171 Show data context 535 Show data context 8 Show data context 2,119 Show data context 1,535 Show data context 1,090 Show data context 6,291 Show data context
1951 407 Show data context 325 Show data context 70,841 Show data context 1,626 Show data context 148 Show data context 6,979 Show data context 13,695 Show data context 6,766 Show data context 3,973 Show data context 0 Show data context 1,205 Show data context 0 Show data context 1,224 Show data context 0 Show data context 3,165 Show data context 2,199 Show data context 2,308 Show data context 4,374 Show data context
1971 226 Show data context 55 Show data context 67,480 Show data context 665 Show data context 189 Show data context 7,824 Show data context 17,819 Show data context 5,304 Show data context 2,897 Show data context 764 Show data context 2,779 Show data context 245 Show data context 2,157 Show data context 857 Show data context 4,611 Show data context 6,632 Show data context 3,885 Show data context 3,292 Show data context
2011 193 Show data context 39 Show data context 14,013 Show data context 609 Show data context 1,020 Show data context 7,586 Show data context 18,153 Show data context 6,322 Show data context 5,367 Show data context 2,239 Show data context 3,483 Show data context 1,509 Show data context 3,673 Show data context 4,932 Show data context 5,674 Show data context 10,168 Show data context 14,942 Show data context 4,362 Show data context
2021 224 Show data context 39 Show data context 12,746 Show data context 459 Show data context 1,121 Show data context 9,228 Show data context 18,681 Show data context 8,096 Show data context 4,811 Show data context 2,638 Show data context 3,093 Show data context 1,534 Show data context 3,824 Show data context 5,305 Show data context 5,894 Show data context 10,351 Show data context 19,585 Show data context 3,609 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, Wolverhampton District through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Standard Industrial Classification (2007), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 04th June 2026