the South East 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 193,793 Show data context 490 Show data context 117,284 Show data context 57,537 Show data context 185,599 Show data context 22,801 Show data context 34,900 Show data context
1861 216,742 Show data context 946 Show data context 150,121 Show data context 80,604 Show data context 180,195 Show data context 18,344 Show data context 77,370 Show data context
1881 169,427 Show data context 1,753 Show data context 177,510 Show data context 127,737 Show data context 279,791 Show data context 21,508 Show data context 82,666 Show data context
1911 187,300 Show data context 3,913 Show data context 281,103 Show data context 241,594 Show data context 556,822 Show data context 62,070 Show data context 189,969 Show data context
1931 139,989 Show data context 9,942 Show data context 309,026 Show data context 266,944 Show data context 638,469 Show data context 51,989 Show data context 252,695 Show data context
1951 146,165 Show data context 10,258 Show data context 471,362 Show data context 331,631 Show data context 565,691 Show data context 57,287 Show data context 432,025 Show data context
1971 76,289 Show data context 7,431 Show data context 662,851 Show data context 407,080 Show data context 549,703 Show data context 207,179 Show data context 510,203 Show data context
1991 59,423 Show data context 4,830 Show data context 543,810 Show data context 484,285 Show data context 814,621 Show data context 542,881 Show data context 719,159 Show data context
2001 57,002 Show data context 7,190 Show data context 471,637 Show data context 621,761 Show data context 1,008,695 Show data context 804,289 Show data context 918,023 Show data context
2011 28,582 Show data context 5,832 Show data context 306,391 Show data context 616,805 Show data context 1,094,711 Show data context 1,025,397 Show data context 1,183,005 Show data context
2021 28,618 Show data context 6,107 Show data context 266,245 Show data context 679,958 Show data context 1,036,940 Show data context 1,109,623 Show data context 1,344,220 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 South East 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: 10th April 2026