Greenwich District through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

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Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

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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	635	7	3,800	14	5	1,138	962	1,156	195	3	32	16	89	484	2,792	266	326	3,686
1861	1,532	27	10,045	51	34	2,825	2,291	2,795	916	64	161	399	368	618	6,796	636	492	6,485
1881	1,188	46	12,916	167	35	3,393	2,618	3,171	904	140	268	51	515	1,179	4,785	974	502	9,228
1911	737	118	27,527	1,501	175	5,222	7,324	8,721	2,065	371	893	0	548	3,516	9,536	1,784	1,254	11,406
1931	339	24	39,041	3,060	227	5,510	14,961	8,819	3,137	328	2,145	262	1,108	12	12,439	2,498	2,431	7,618
1951	109	47	50,888	5,220	64	7,345	13,138	7,178	3,598	0	1,258	0	530	0	15,972	2,495	3,557	3,798
1971	50	10	19,270	3,250	110	7,240	12,410	5,920	1,250	1,180	1,470	270	860	420	16,790	6,350	5,650	2,150
2011	110	104	3,518	371	575	8,771	14,359	5,839	7,942	5,924	9,028	2,151	9,599	8,116	7,712	12,018	14,104	7,580
2021	83	126	3,605	468	533	11,418	16,419	6,317	8,000	9,977	11,100	2,717	13,086	9,409	8,219	13,188	20,421	7,973

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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Greenwich District : Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

Standard Industrial Classification (2007)