Cheshire West and Chester 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 8,793 Show data context 925 Show data context 17,469 Show data context 3,585 Show data context 11,244 Show data context 1,228 Show data context 1,037 Show data context
1861 12,330 Show data context 1,785 Show data context 8,875 Show data context 5,024 Show data context 8,426 Show data context 1,099 Show data context 1,053 Show data context
1881 8,878 Show data context 2,167 Show data context 9,250 Show data context 6,443 Show data context 12,605 Show data context 1,410 Show data context 2,156 Show data context
1911 10,855 Show data context 869 Show data context 23,099 Show data context 11,470 Show data context 20,702 Show data context 3,429 Show data context 3,561 Show data context
1931 8,470 Show data context 2,227 Show data context 21,278 Show data context 11,611 Show data context 22,390 Show data context 1,995 Show data context 6,219 Show data context
1951 7,967 Show data context 1,802 Show data context 37,222 Show data context 21,842 Show data context 23,256 Show data context 2,154 Show data context 15,869 Show data context
1971 2,780 Show data context 341 Show data context 59,241 Show data context 24,428 Show data context 27,505 Show data context 7,616 Show data context 20,115 Show data context
1991 3,480 Show data context 350 Show data context 32,068 Show data context 18,843 Show data context 35,938 Show data context 18,927 Show data context 25,613 Show data context
2001 3,179 Show data context 603 Show data context 25,594 Show data context 18,777 Show data context 41,594 Show data context 26,219 Show data context 33,454 Show data context
2011 1,978 Show data context 459 Show data context 18,485 Show data context 19,319 Show data context 43,821 Show data context 33,928 Show data context 42,148 Show data context
2021 2,148 Show data context 450 Show data context 16,022 Show data context 21,656 Show data context 43,922 Show data context 37,338 Show data context 47,520 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, Cheshire West and Chester 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: 09th April 2026