South Gloucestershire Unitary Authority (UA) : Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way)

Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way)

Data cube chart.

Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Consumer Services Business Services Public Services
1841 4,569 Show data context 469 Show data context 3,423 Show data context 1,263 Show data context 3,610 Show data context 340 Show data context 330 Show data context
1861 6,828 Show data context 1,082 Show data context 6,286 Show data context 2,730 Show data context 6,711 Show data context 1,087 Show data context 1,007 Show data context
1881 4,180 Show data context 1,865 Show data context 4,362 Show data context 1,847 Show data context 4,099 Show data context 259 Show data context 573 Show data context
1911 5,511 Show data context 1,834 Show data context 6,902 Show data context 3,842 Show data context 8,254 Show data context 812 Show data context 1,561 Show data context
1931 3,705 Show data context 1,587 Show data context 11,045 Show data context 4,812 Show data context 7,938 Show data context 572 Show data context 2,436 Show data context
1951 3,640 Show data context 672 Show data context 27,125 Show data context 6,859 Show data context 7,504 Show data context 480 Show data context 3,997 Show data context
1971 3,625 Show data context 316 Show data context 27,041 Show data context 7,785 Show data context 8,712 Show data context 2,733 Show data context 7,886 Show data context
1991 1,650 Show data context 230 Show data context 29,011 Show data context 13,834 Show data context 21,150 Show data context 11,341 Show data context 15,116 Show data context
2001 1,383 Show data context 302 Show data context 19,067 Show data context 20,465 Show data context 31,756 Show data context 25,863 Show data context 28,879 Show data context
2011 759 Show data context 225 Show data context 13,336 Show data context 20,334 Show data context 33,197 Show data context 30,052 Show data context 38,628 Show data context
2021 778 Show data context 184 Show data context 10,687 Show data context 23,946 Show data context 33,035 Show data context 33,293 Show data context 45,764 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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Here we present how the economic foundations of each locality have changed over time, identifying the traditional sectors of Agriculture, Mining and Manufacturing which dominated many areas in the nineteenth century, but also breaking down Services into those which, broadly, sell directly to consumers; those which deal mainly with other buinesses, including financial services; and public services, including education and health.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, South Gloucestershire Unitary Authority (UA) through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10188933/cube/IND_SECTOR_7WAY

Date accessed: 08th April 2026