Preston District through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

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Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

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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	1,232	246	17,098	4	26	1,285	1,082	422	232	0	28	44	111	369	123	115	75	2,449
1861	2,705	76	13,856	28	24	926	1,096	541	496	23	42	181	82	141	495	133	62	1,540
1881	1,628	79	31,177	100	44	2,621	2,718	1,670	680	76	190	76	270	703	1,389	530	335	4,819
1911	1,615	733	43,900	204	153	3,289	5,396	4,634	1,315	255	425	0	267	1,148	1,027	806	506	4,161
1931	1,850	42	29,483	835	288	2,562	8,270	5,300	1,562	41	650	107	504	3	3,522	1,248	999	3,986
1951	1,486	28	32,840	1,268	89	3,946	10,649	6,593	2,629	0	1,030	0	1,005	0	5,988	1,593	2,265	3,089
1971	325	204	25,059	1,066	153	4,899	14,694	9,008	1,621	1,279	1,986	94	1,862	266	7,135	3,562	3,101	2,029
2011	456	32	7,054	244	463	4,265	11,733	2,967	4,074	1,887	1,530	764	2,867	3,142	5,023	6,057	9,108	2,514
2021	487	32	6,031	369	445	4,741	11,004	3,181	3,024	1,857	1,423	887	2,950	3,585	5,663	6,140	12,695	2,191

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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This classification of industry is that used by the 2021 Census, and forms the basic for our standardisation of historical information on industrial structure. The modern data are a classification of workers by their employers' business and count them by their place of work. However, before 1951 they are counted by place of residence, and before 1921 workers have to be classified by their individual occupations.

Preston District : Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

Standard Industrial Classification (2007)