Westminster 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 450 Show data context 5 Show data context 41,526 Show data context 16,241 Show data context 72,022 Show data context 7,572 Show data context 8,728 Show data context
1861 3,097 Show data context 191 Show data context 56,571 Show data context 25,835 Show data context 81,633 Show data context 10,909 Show data context 12,999 Show data context
1881 3,817 Show data context 168 Show data context 57,263 Show data context 32,858 Show data context 111,094 Show data context 15,045 Show data context 18,015 Show data context
1911 642 Show data context 109 Show data context 42,337 Show data context 31,866 Show data context 123,480 Show data context 17,389 Show data context 22,374 Show data context
1931 320 Show data context 110 Show data context 35,454 Show data context 20,430 Show data context 110,676 Show data context 13,040 Show data context 22,633 Show data context
1951 427 Show data context 1,186 Show data context 136,088 Show data context 92,212 Show data context 222,611 Show data context 68,704 Show data context 111,959 Show data context
1971 240 Show data context 2,130 Show data context 67,840 Show data context 75,510 Show data context 154,150 Show data context 140,280 Show data context 111,130 Show data context
1991 80 Show data context 4,650 Show data context 24,521 Show data context 38,896 Show data context 106,953 Show data context 151,508 Show data context 95,172 Show data context
2001 182 Show data context 282 Show data context 4,822 Show data context 6,732 Show data context 25,288 Show data context 36,312 Show data context 15,820 Show data context
2011 77 Show data context 466 Show data context 2,440 Show data context 6,634 Show data context 27,325 Show data context 54,679 Show data context 19,558 Show data context
2021 71 Show data context 280 Show data context 2,748 Show data context 6,936 Show data context 25,392 Show data context 45,082 Show data context 21,258 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, Westminster District through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10217696/cube/IND_SECTOR_7WAY

Date accessed: 08th April 2026