the West Midlands Government Region : 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 118,381 Show data context 30,063 Show data context 198,198 Show data context 36,139 Show data context 120,731 Show data context 13,051 Show data context 9,702 Show data context
1861 142,757 Show data context 41,433 Show data context 276,648 Show data context 65,242 Show data context 127,524 Show data context 16,462 Show data context 15,588 Show data context
1881 97,443 Show data context 49,620 Show data context 381,364 Show data context 95,071 Show data context 195,491 Show data context 28,253 Show data context 28,758 Show data context
1911 112,629 Show data context 89,655 Show data context 636,038 Show data context 179,516 Show data context 311,225 Show data context 68,602 Show data context 60,884 Show data context
1931 86,835 Show data context 83,350 Show data context 737,391 Show data context 182,044 Show data context 357,580 Show data context 33,446 Show data context 104,332 Show data context
1951 88,538 Show data context 66,150 Show data context 1,073,898 Show data context 246,058 Show data context 388,994 Show data context 43,593 Show data context 217,303 Show data context
1971 47,497 Show data context 28,647 Show data context 1,071,261 Show data context 272,016 Show data context 398,701 Show data context 110,987 Show data context 308,553 Show data context
1991 37,989 Show data context 10,840 Show data context 637,620 Show data context 278,212 Show data context 510,045 Show data context 270,621 Show data context 440,625 Show data context
2001 35,188 Show data context 3,247 Show data context 485,549 Show data context 320,477 Show data context 612,050 Show data context 336,997 Show data context 541,161 Show data context
2011 23,825 Show data context 2,232 Show data context 311,586 Show data context 361,252 Show data context 681,889 Show data context 435,074 Show data context 721,018 Show data context
2021 25,805 Show data context 1,760 Show data context 272,418 Show data context 417,548 Show data context 658,576 Show data context 458,352 Show data context 804,653 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, the West Midlands Government Region 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