Wakefield District : 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 2,250 Show data context 723 Show data context 7,077 Show data context 1,283 Show data context 3,388 Show data context 431 Show data context 325 Show data context
1861 4,632 Show data context 2,971 Show data context 9,360 Show data context 3,041 Show data context 4,346 Show data context 557 Show data context 677 Show data context
1881 3,468 Show data context 10,398 Show data context 16,845 Show data context 6,044 Show data context 8,503 Show data context 1,303 Show data context 2,053 Show data context
1911 6,678 Show data context 18,504 Show data context 41,118 Show data context 13,727 Show data context 17,117 Show data context 3,287 Show data context 4,173 Show data context
1931 3,043 Show data context 40,423 Show data context 24,615 Show data context 10,657 Show data context 18,132 Show data context 1,557 Show data context 8,738 Show data context
1951 2,303 Show data context 40,276 Show data context 32,015 Show data context 14,108 Show data context 19,573 Show data context 1,426 Show data context 13,892 Show data context
1971 2,349 Show data context 11,263 Show data context 36,192 Show data context 15,190 Show data context 19,672 Show data context 3,367 Show data context 18,995 Show data context
1991 1,009 Show data context 3,979 Show data context 29,515 Show data context 19,367 Show data context 33,794 Show data context 9,759 Show data context 27,524 Show data context
2001 1,052 Show data context 1,671 Show data context 23,039 Show data context 21,208 Show data context 41,624 Show data context 17,179 Show data context 32,322 Show data context
2011 540 Show data context 690 Show data context 17,348 Show data context 24,984 Show data context 43,684 Show data context 23,645 Show data context 40,937 Show data context
2021 621 Show data context 237 Show data context 15,979 Show data context 28,267 Show data context 46,281 Show data context 26,245 Show data context 47,097 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, Wakefield District through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 09th April 2026