Dewsbury Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLU) : Persons aged 20 & over by Sex & 1861 Occupational Order

Persons aged 20 & over by Sex & 1861 Occupational Order

Data cube chart.

Data for 1861 Sex
1861 Occupational Orders Male Female
National & Local Government 97 Show data context 3 Show data context
Defence of the Country 40 Show data context
Professions & Arts 317 Show data context 162 Show data context
Wives, Mothers, Children 18 Show data context 15,734 Show data context
Personal [Services] 290 Show data context 1,577 Show data context
[Business Persons & Traders] 279 Show data context 78 Show data context
[Transport] 748 Show data context 12 Show data context
[Farming] 1,723 Show data context 477 Show data context
Engaged about Animals 84 Show data context 0 Show data context
Art & Mechanic Productions 2,627 Show data context 102 Show data context
Textiles & Dress 12,024 Show data context 5,662 Show data context
Food & Drink 941 Show data context 314 Show data context
Animal Substances 168 Show data context 2 Show data context
Vegetable Substances 230 Show data context 35 Show data context
Mineral Substances 3,248 Show data context 45 Show data context
KKBranch of Labour undefined 528 Show data context 138 Show data context
Persons of Rank or Property 23 Show data context 126 Show data context
Supported by the Community 20 Show data context 46 Show data context
Unknown 111 Show data context 196 Show data context

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Date Acknowledgments
1861 David Allan Gatley (School of Social Sciences, University of Staffordshire). Role: transcriber. Restrictions on use: the contributor must be acknowledged but the data may be freely used for non-commercial purposes.

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nCube definition


From 1991 the census has gathered data on whether or not households had central heating, in at least some of their rooms, and in 2011 this was the only "amenity" data gathered.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Dewsbury Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLU) through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Persons aged 20 & over by Sex & 1861 Occupational Order, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10187813/cube/OCC_ORD1861_OVER20

Date accessed: 10th June 2026