Mid Devon 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 7,365 Show data context 262 Show data context 4,849 Show data context 2,036 Show data context 6,425 Show data context 423 Show data context 561 Show data context
1861 9,644 Show data context 91 Show data context 5,917 Show data context 1,726 Show data context 3,861 Show data context 410 Show data context 599 Show data context
1881 5,744 Show data context 94 Show data context 4,299 Show data context 1,979 Show data context 4,243 Show data context 243 Show data context 687 Show data context
1911 5,874 Show data context 290 Show data context 3,167 Show data context 2,613 Show data context 6,420 Show data context 411 Show data context 1,820 Show data context
1931 5,559 Show data context 219 Show data context 3,616 Show data context 1,967 Show data context 4,816 Show data context 358 Show data context 1,211 Show data context
1951 5,836 Show data context 263 Show data context 4,199 Show data context 2,291 Show data context 3,694 Show data context 348 Show data context 1,276 Show data context
1971 2,724 Show data context 252 Show data context 2,930 Show data context 3,016 Show data context 4,415 Show data context 784 Show data context 2,710 Show data context
1991 2,991 Show data context 90 Show data context 4,581 Show data context 3,191 Show data context 6,420 Show data context 1,779 Show data context 4,082 Show data context
2001 2,386 Show data context 67 Show data context 5,181 Show data context 4,885 Show data context 8,421 Show data context 4,135 Show data context 7,773 Show data context
2011 2,338 Show data context 48 Show data context 3,957 Show data context 5,854 Show data context 9,894 Show data context 5,889 Show data context 10,528 Show data context
2021 2,237 Show data context 36 Show data context 3,668 Show data context 6,319 Show data context 9,847 Show data context 6,560 Show data context 11,584 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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Numbers of the two sexes tend to be balanced. Military bases led to higher proportions of men, while large numbers of domestic servants created concentrations of women.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Mid Devon District 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