Orkney County : Standardised Industrial Classification (1968) by Sex

Standardised Industrial Classification (1968) by Sex

Data cube chart.

Data for 1971 Sex
Standard Industrial Classification (1968) Male Female
Agriculture 1,750 Show data context 460 Show data context
Mining 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Food 250 Show data context 60 Show data context
Coal & petroleum products 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Chemicals 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Metal Manufacture 10 Show data context 0 Show data context
Mechanical Engineering 50 Show data context 0 Show data context
Instrument Engineering 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Electrical engineering 0 Show data context 10 Show data context
Shipbuilding 50 Show data context 0 Show data context
Vehicles 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Other Metals 10 Show data context 0 Show data context
Textiles 0 Show data context 20 Show data context
Leather 0 Show data context 10 Show data context
Clothing & Footwear 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Bricks etc 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Timber, Furniture 50 Show data context 30 Show data context
Paper, Printing 30 Show data context 20 Show data context
Other Manufacturing 20 Show data context 0 Show data context
Construction 720 Show data context 30 Show data context
Gas, Electricity, Water 50 Show data context 0 Show data context
Transport 530 Show data context 60 Show data context
Distributive Trades 460 Show data context 580 Show data context
Finance 70 Show data context 30 Show data context
Professionals 180 Show data context 460 Show data context
Miscellaneous Services 260 Show data context 440 Show data context
Public Administration & Defence 190 Show data context 60 Show data context

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A University of Aberdeen project directed by Clive Lee systematically re-worked county-level occupation/industry data from all censuses 1841-1971 to the 1968 Standard Industrial Classification, distinguishing males and females. Lee calculated two alternative sets of data, Series A and Series B. Series A is for all individual Registration Counties and follows the nineteenth century censuses approach of grouping distributive workers with those involved in manufacturing the same items. Series B is for Administrative C...


ounties and is closely modeled on employment classifications used in the 1970s so sector 23 ('Distributive Trades') is much larger. Not all individual administrative county data are listed. Scottish counties were aggregated to the 1975-1996 regions and Welsh counties were grouped into 'Glamorgan and Monmouthshire' and 'North and West Wales'. As these are derived data, we hold Lee's data only for actual counties and nations already in our system.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Orkney County through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Standardised Industrial Classification (1968) by Sex, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10170096/cube/SIC1968_SEX

Date accessed: 01st August 2026