Doncaster 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 4,151 Show data context 1,198 Show data context 10,673 Show data context 1,623 Show data context 4,547 Show data context 467 Show data context 390 Show data context
1861 6,118 Show data context 127 Show data context 3,749 Show data context 1,856 Show data context 3,146 Show data context 413 Show data context 394 Show data context
1881 3,963 Show data context 1,043 Show data context 5,119 Show data context 3,310 Show data context 4,862 Show data context 467 Show data context 627 Show data context
1911 4,716 Show data context 10,406 Show data context 20,062 Show data context 6,401 Show data context 8,195 Show data context 1,497 Show data context 1,683 Show data context
1931 2,958 Show data context 35,737 Show data context 13,820 Show data context 9,634 Show data context 15,392 Show data context 1,259 Show data context 4,590 Show data context
1951 3,312 Show data context 30,087 Show data context 28,227 Show data context 13,286 Show data context 18,694 Show data context 1,496 Show data context 9,406 Show data context
1971 2,238 Show data context 12,566 Show data context 46,099 Show data context 17,012 Show data context 21,252 Show data context 3,972 Show data context 15,458 Show data context
1991 926 Show data context 5,111 Show data context 20,658 Show data context 16,324 Show data context 25,383 Show data context 8,099 Show data context 22,881 Show data context
2001 1,366 Show data context 1,204 Show data context 19,477 Show data context 20,979 Show data context 33,169 Show data context 12,795 Show data context 29,369 Show data context
2011 712 Show data context 762 Show data context 14,254 Show data context 24,554 Show data context 38,311 Show data context 18,160 Show data context 37,062 Show data context
2021 810 Show data context 181 Show data context 12,411 Show data context 28,123 Show data context 39,556 Show data context 18,131 Show data context 38,623 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, Doncaster District through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10202607/cube/IND_SECTOR_7WAY

Date accessed: 08th April 2026