Denbighshire 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 5,262 Show data context 1,144 Show data context 2,480 Show data context 859 Show data context 3,992 Show data context 254 Show data context 190 Show data context
1861 7,054 Show data context 605 Show data context 2,122 Show data context 886 Show data context 2,341 Show data context 245 Show data context 236 Show data context
1881 4,374 Show data context 933 Show data context 2,405 Show data context 1,580 Show data context 5,325 Show data context 416 Show data context 623 Show data context
1911 3,654 Show data context 2,766 Show data context 3,922 Show data context 2,504 Show data context 6,387 Show data context 599 Show data context 1,183 Show data context
1931 4,187 Show data context 801 Show data context 2,050 Show data context 3,163 Show data context 8,642 Show data context 682 Show data context 2,498 Show data context
1951 4,191 Show data context 571 Show data context 2,407 Show data context 4,226 Show data context 8,218 Show data context 789 Show data context 6,098 Show data context
1971 1,481 Show data context 700 Show data context 8,981 Show data context 3,876 Show data context 4,192 Show data context 760 Show data context 3,762 Show data context
1991 1,858 Show data context 90 Show data context 4,741 Show data context 4,709 Show data context 9,921 Show data context 2,562 Show data context 9,242 Show data context
2001 1,367 Show data context 125 Show data context 5,318 Show data context 5,141 Show data context 10,858 Show data context 3,974 Show data context 11,487 Show data context
2011 962 Show data context 69 Show data context 3,737 Show data context 5,601 Show data context 10,841 Show data context 5,259 Show data context 14,687 Show data context
2021 1,097 Show data context 74 Show data context 3,185 Show data context 5,774 Show data context 9,962 Show data context 5,386 Show data context 15,357 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, Denbighshire 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