East Hertfordshire 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 5,664 Show data context 9 Show data context 4,145 Show data context 1,305 Show data context 4,329 Show data context 478 Show data context 448 Show data context
1861 6,198 Show data context 16 Show data context 2,871 Show data context 1,640 Show data context 3,904 Show data context 354 Show data context 534 Show data context
1881 4,562 Show data context 15 Show data context 2,725 Show data context 1,935 Show data context 4,934 Show data context 381 Show data context 1,117 Show data context
1911 4,514 Show data context 60 Show data context 4,733 Show data context 3,872 Show data context 7,916 Show data context 1,154 Show data context 1,596 Show data context
1931 3,718 Show data context 192 Show data context 4,702 Show data context 3,779 Show data context 8,428 Show data context 898 Show data context 2,126 Show data context
1951 3,249 Show data context 111 Show data context 7,110 Show data context 4,608 Show data context 6,928 Show data context 808 Show data context 4,942 Show data context
1971 981 Show data context 135 Show data context 14,530 Show data context 4,763 Show data context 6,610 Show data context 2,974 Show data context 5,521 Show data context
1991 1,161 Show data context 70 Show data context 8,955 Show data context 7,637 Show data context 13,779 Show data context 9,130 Show data context 10,518 Show data context
2001 1,039 Show data context 118 Show data context 10,651 Show data context 10,098 Show data context 16,337 Show data context 15,388 Show data context 13,882 Show data context
2011 459 Show data context 49 Show data context 6,161 Show data context 10,474 Show data context 17,532 Show data context 19,629 Show data context 17,921 Show data context
2021 476 Show data context 48 Show data context 5,602 Show data context 12,037 Show data context 16,941 Show data context 21,445 Show data context 19,939 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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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, East Hertfordshire 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