Preston District : Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Data cube chart.

Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Services
1841 1,232 Show data context 246 Show data context 17,098 Show data context 1,737 Show data context 4,628 Show data context
1861 2,705 Show data context 76 Show data context 13,856 Show data context 1,519 Show data context 4,291 Show data context
1881 1,628 Show data context 79 Show data context 31,177 Show data context 4,435 Show data context 11,786 Show data context
1911 1,615 Show data context 733 Show data context 43,900 Show data context 8,280 Show data context 15,306 Show data context
1931 1,850 Show data context 42 Show data context 29,483 Show data context 8,985 Show data context 20,892 Show data context
1951 1,486 Show data context 28 Show data context 32,840 Show data context 11,896 Show data context 28,248 Show data context
1971 325 Show data context 204 Show data context 25,059 Show data context 15,126 Show data context 37,629 Show data context
1991 780 Show data context 0 Show data context 12,777 Show data context 9,654 Show data context 49,516 Show data context
2001 658 Show data context 24 Show data context 9,432 Show data context 7,133 Show data context 38,946 Show data context
2011 456 Show data context 32 Show data context 7,054 Show data context 7,939 Show data context 48,699 Show data context
2021 487 Show data context 32 Show data context 6,031 Show data context 8,736 Show data context 51,419 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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Age and sex structure data in single years under age 5, as published in official reports.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Preston District through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 01st June 2026