North Lincolnshire 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 6,851 Show data context 70 Show data context 2,532 Show data context 895 Show data context 3,729 Show data context 246 Show data context 273 Show data context
1861 8,606 Show data context 64 Show data context 3,197 Show data context 1,561 Show data context 2,706 Show data context 393 Show data context 475 Show data context
1881 6,757 Show data context 534 Show data context 3,476 Show data context 1,709 Show data context 4,000 Show data context 291 Show data context 532 Show data context
1911 9,283 Show data context 566 Show data context 6,148 Show data context 4,376 Show data context 6,887 Show data context 815 Show data context 918 Show data context
1931 6,902 Show data context 1,209 Show data context 11,229 Show data context 4,500 Show data context 7,272 Show data context 439 Show data context 2,005 Show data context
1951 6,387 Show data context 1,247 Show data context 21,833 Show data context 7,392 Show data context 8,654 Show data context 679 Show data context 3,719 Show data context
1971 3,287 Show data context 576 Show data context 28,303 Show data context 10,994 Show data context 10,502 Show data context 1,753 Show data context 8,153 Show data context
1991 2,047 Show data context 604 Show data context 20,136 Show data context 11,743 Show data context 14,521 Show data context 4,253 Show data context 10,810 Show data context
2001 1,586 Show data context 347 Show data context 16,161 Show data context 10,933 Show data context 17,512 Show data context 6,654 Show data context 14,880 Show data context
2011 1,198 Show data context 276 Show data context 15,166 Show data context 12,454 Show data context 19,862 Show data context 8,835 Show data context 20,310 Show data context
2021 1,337 Show data context 285 Show data context 13,246 Show data context 12,614 Show data context 19,123 Show data context 8,743 Show data context 20,857 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, North Lincolnshire Unitary Authority (UA) through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 08th April 2026