Tonbridge and Malling 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 2,717 Show data context 4 Show data context 1,193 Show data context 727 Show data context 2,447 Show data context 253 Show data context 324 Show data context
1861 3,946 Show data context 129 Show data context 2,100 Show data context 1,023 Show data context 2,463 Show data context 218 Show data context 482 Show data context
1881 3,203 Show data context 210 Show data context 2,944 Show data context 1,938 Show data context 4,955 Show data context 327 Show data context 742 Show data context
1911 4,024 Show data context 147 Show data context 3,699 Show data context 2,880 Show data context 6,362 Show data context 694 Show data context 1,860 Show data context
1931 2,761 Show data context 493 Show data context 5,178 Show data context 3,269 Show data context 6,716 Show data context 610 Show data context 1,583 Show data context
1951 3,225 Show data context 360 Show data context 9,632 Show data context 3,749 Show data context 5,738 Show data context 548 Show data context 3,762 Show data context
1971 1,714 Show data context 458 Show data context 8,958 Show data context 6,073 Show data context 6,276 Show data context 1,972 Show data context 4,915 Show data context
1991 970 Show data context 240 Show data context 11,632 Show data context 8,769 Show data context 11,708 Show data context 4,922 Show data context 7,244 Show data context
2001 860 Show data context 142 Show data context 6,971 Show data context 8,616 Show data context 14,001 Show data context 11,283 Show data context 11,203 Show data context
2011 402 Show data context 77 Show data context 4,070 Show data context 9,417 Show data context 14,960 Show data context 15,242 Show data context 15,825 Show data context
2021 407 Show data context 61 Show data context 3,276 Show data context 10,784 Show data context 14,547 Show data context 17,331 Show data context 18,066 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, Tonbridge and Malling District through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 08th April 2026