Peterborough Unitary Authority (UA) : Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Data cube chart.

Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Services
1841 3,345 Show data context 8 Show data context 1,533 Show data context 482 Show data context 1,978 Show data context
1861 3,624 Show data context 23 Show data context 1,772 Show data context 1,160 Show data context 2,488 Show data context
1881 2,733 Show data context 18 Show data context 2,542 Show data context 2,811 Show data context 4,139 Show data context
1911 3,495 Show data context 76 Show data context 6,160 Show data context 4,918 Show data context 8,265 Show data context
1931 2,653 Show data context 81 Show data context 7,644 Show data context 5,877 Show data context 9,554 Show data context
1951 2,548 Show data context 82 Show data context 16,230 Show data context 7,656 Show data context 12,507 Show data context
1971 1,530 Show data context 85 Show data context 20,311 Show data context 9,149 Show data context 23,656 Show data context
1991 1,069 Show data context 90 Show data context 17,762 Show data context 11,684 Show data context 48,829 Show data context
2001 836 Show data context 60 Show data context 11,825 Show data context 10,812 Show data context 49,762 Show data context
2011 727 Show data context 47 Show data context 10,400 Show data context 11,644 Show data context 65,226 Show data context
2021 724 Show data context 60 Show data context 9,870 Show data context 15,934 Show data context 74,435 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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Total population at this Census, and for previous censuses. Where the latter appear, they are for the same area, so if there had been boundary changes they will differ from the population given for the same reporting unit by the previous census.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Peterborough Unitary Authority (UA) through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way), A Vision of Ireland through Time.

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Date accessed: 10th April 2026