Reading Unitary Authority (UA) : Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

Data cube chart.

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 380 Show data context 1 Show data context 2,141 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 535 Show data context 564 Show data context 178 Show data context 102 Show data context 1 Show data context 16 Show data context 7 Show data context 44 Show data context 229 Show data context 83 Show data context 116 Show data context 86 Show data context 1,803 Show data context
1861 734 Show data context 3 Show data context 3,073 Show data context 16 Show data context 8 Show data context 903 Show data context 823 Show data context 386 Show data context 309 Show data context 12 Show data context 20 Show data context 193 Show data context 108 Show data context 96 Show data context 178 Show data context 184 Show data context 124 Show data context 1,918 Show data context
1881 934 Show data context 21 Show data context 5,905 Show data context 53 Show data context 21 Show data context 1,724 Show data context 1,252 Show data context 883 Show data context 348 Show data context 55 Show data context 52 Show data context 35 Show data context 156 Show data context 522 Show data context 397 Show data context 422 Show data context 169 Show data context 3,465 Show data context
1911 1,230 Show data context 27 Show data context 13,298 Show data context 192 Show data context 48 Show data context 2,832 Show data context 4,134 Show data context 3,164 Show data context 1,068 Show data context 203 Show data context 302 Show data context 0 Show data context 243 Show data context 1,440 Show data context 1,032 Show data context 791 Show data context 486 Show data context 5,653 Show data context
1931 1,108 Show data context 28 Show data context 14,127 Show data context 537 Show data context 191 Show data context 2,460 Show data context 7,666 Show data context 3,989 Show data context 1,206 Show data context 35 Show data context 680 Show data context 182 Show data context 476 Show data context 7 Show data context 1,982 Show data context 1,267 Show data context 758 Show data context 4,448 Show data context
1951 676 Show data context 6 Show data context 15,247 Show data context 865 Show data context 88 Show data context 3,061 Show data context 10,687 Show data context 5,476 Show data context 1,651 Show data context 0 Show data context 1,389 Show data context 0 Show data context 782 Show data context 0 Show data context 4,410 Show data context 1,930 Show data context 1,867 Show data context 3,034 Show data context
1971 206 Show data context 50 Show data context 14,881 Show data context 1,301 Show data context 213 Show data context 5,391 Show data context 13,810 Show data context 6,729 Show data context 1,385 Show data context 2,443 Show data context 3,969 Show data context 234 Show data context 1,709 Show data context 1,065 Show data context 5,859 Show data context 5,568 Show data context 3,428 Show data context 2,610 Show data context
2011 109 Show data context 260 Show data context 3,949 Show data context 466 Show data context 890 Show data context 4,955 Show data context 12,396 Show data context 3,644 Show data context 4,719 Show data context 8,887 Show data context 3,290 Show data context 821 Show data context 7,243 Show data context 4,586 Show data context 3,714 Show data context 7,763 Show data context 8,708 Show data context 3,452 Show data context
2021 207 Show data context 151 Show data context 4,037 Show data context 660 Show data context 1,434 Show data context 5,703 Show data context 12,884 Show data context 4,374 Show data context 4,716 Show data context 10,701 Show data context 2,833 Show data context 949 Show data context 7,012 Show data context 5,464 Show data context 3,857 Show data context 8,593 Show data context 12,132 Show data context 3,215 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
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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Housing density, simplified to under 1 person per room, 1 to 1.5, and over 1.5. Data for these categories can be computed for districts in England and Wales for all censuses from 1931 onwards, but for Scotland they can only be computed for 1971 on.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Reading Unitary Authority (UA) through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Standard Industrial Classification (2007), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 07th June 2026