Warrington Unitary Authority (UA) : 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 1,646 Show data context 284 Show data context 7,394 Show data context 1,101 Show data context 2,579 Show data context 308 Show data context 216 Show data context
1861 3,985 Show data context 993 Show data context 8,299 Show data context 2,001 Show data context 2,969 Show data context 387 Show data context 387 Show data context
1881 2,714 Show data context 242 Show data context 12,164 Show data context 3,022 Show data context 4,674 Show data context 791 Show data context 1,414 Show data context
1911 3,619 Show data context 1,005 Show data context 25,037 Show data context 6,402 Show data context 8,563 Show data context 1,851 Show data context 2,081 Show data context
1931 2,003 Show data context 1,368 Show data context 27,501 Show data context 5,954 Show data context 9,679 Show data context 919 Show data context 3,461 Show data context
1951 2,156 Show data context 926 Show data context 36,817 Show data context 10,198 Show data context 19,695 Show data context 1,075 Show data context 16,691 Show data context
1971 1,037 Show data context 444 Show data context 35,778 Show data context 10,515 Show data context 12,971 Show data context 3,024 Show data context 9,347 Show data context
1991 695 Show data context 105 Show data context 19,455 Show data context 14,259 Show data context 23,394 Show data context 12,620 Show data context 15,045 Show data context
2001 777 Show data context 99 Show data context 14,227 Show data context 15,562 Show data context 25,431 Show data context 15,166 Show data context 20,038 Show data context
2011 248 Show data context 85 Show data context 8,815 Show data context 16,199 Show data context 26,797 Show data context 21,731 Show data context 26,981 Show data context
2021 308 Show data context 133 Show data context 7,421 Show data context 18,011 Show data context 25,703 Show data context 22,695 Show data context 28,868 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, Warrington Unitary Authority (UA) 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