the South East Government Region : Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

Data cube chart.

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 193,793 Show data context 490 Show data context 117,284 Show data context 88 Show data context 225 Show data context 37,791 Show data context 31,499 Show data context 19,433 Show data context 8,464 Show data context 184 Show data context 670 Show data context 798 Show data context 3,076 Show data context 18,073 Show data context 22,031 Show data context 7,915 Show data context 4,954 Show data context 145,636 Show data context
1861 216,742 Show data context 946 Show data context 150,121 Show data context 530 Show data context 381 Show data context 48,389 Show data context 39,250 Show data context 31,304 Show data context 23,794 Show data context 612 Show data context 726 Show data context 9,114 Show data context 4,288 Show data context 3,604 Show data context 59,781 Show data context 11,753 Show data context 5,836 Show data context 117,151 Show data context
1881 169,427 Show data context 1,753 Show data context 177,510 Show data context 1,360 Show data context 471 Show data context 73,686 Show data context 51,137 Show data context 52,220 Show data context 21,119 Show data context 1,808 Show data context 2,304 Show data context 1,226 Show data context 6,568 Show data context 9,602 Show data context 54,175 Show data context 20,501 Show data context 7,990 Show data context 207,535 Show data context
1911 187,300 Show data context 3,913 Show data context 281,103 Show data context 7,203 Show data context 1,702 Show data context 110,485 Show data context 136,386 Show data context 122,204 Show data context 49,824 Show data context 6,958 Show data context 12,008 Show data context 0 Show data context 11,010 Show data context 32,094 Show data context 127,432 Show data context 33,880 Show data context 28,657 Show data context 370,612 Show data context
1931 139,989 Show data context 9,942 Show data context 309,026 Show data context 18,454 Show data context 4,248 Show data context 122,576 Show data context 237,496 Show data context 121,666 Show data context 67,827 Show data context 2,138 Show data context 23,692 Show data context 6,424 Show data context 19,472 Show data context 263 Show data context 164,181 Show data context 48,172 Show data context 40,342 Show data context 333,146 Show data context
1951 146,165 Show data context 10,258 Show data context 471,362 Show data context 32,508 Show data context 4,743 Show data context 156,277 Show data context 283,572 Show data context 138,103 Show data context 94,088 Show data context 0 Show data context 31,684 Show data context 0 Show data context 25,603 Show data context 0 Show data context 287,156 Show data context 64,809 Show data context 80,060 Show data context 188,031 Show data context
1971 76,289 Show data context 7,431 Show data context 662,851 Show data context 36,281 Show data context 5,401 Show data context 208,141 Show data context 370,924 Show data context 157,257 Show data context 67,968 Show data context 43,956 Show data context 58,267 Show data context 11,988 Show data context 75,729 Show data context 17,239 Show data context 252,752 Show data context 150,716 Show data context 106,735 Show data context 110,811 Show data context
1991 59,423 Show data context 4,830 Show data context 543,810 Show data context 27,861 Show data context 22,152 Show data context 261,533 Show data context 533,887 Show data context 172,739 Show data context 146,700 Show data context 82,917 Show data context 148,859 Show data context 38,678 Show data context 141,980 Show data context 130,447 Show data context 222,688 Show data context 206,169 Show data context 290,302 Show data context 134,034 Show data context
2011 28,582 Show data context 5,832 Show data context 306,391 Show data context 24,500 Show data context 29,749 Show data context 339,761 Show data context 662,860 Show data context 222,795 Show data context 214,329 Show data context 235,081 Show data context 191,566 Show data context 61,133 Show data context 317,787 Show data context 219,830 Show data context 255,674 Show data context 432,119 Show data context 495,212 Show data context 217,522 Show data context
2021 28,618 Show data context 6,107 Show data context 266,245 Show data context 25,953 Show data context 33,009 Show data context 403,436 Show data context 622,134 Show data context 217,560 Show data context 200,435 Show data context 279,322 Show data context 181,915 Show data context 71,755 Show data context 323,604 Show data context 253,027 Show data context 264,586 Show data context 457,680 Show data context 621,954 Show data context 214,371 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
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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The National Statistics Socio-economic Classfication has been used by the census since 2001 "to measure the employment relations and conditions of occupations", replacing the earlier system of Socio-Economic Groups.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, the South East Government Region through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Standard Industrial Classification (2007), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 08th June 2026