Wiltshire 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 32,671 Show data context 210 Show data context 17,475 Show data context 6,013 Show data context 16,297 Show data context 1,650 Show data context 1,618 Show data context
1861 35,991 Show data context 398 Show data context 18,356 Show data context 6,982 Show data context 15,616 Show data context 1,502 Show data context 2,462 Show data context
1881 23,877 Show data context 916 Show data context 15,752 Show data context 7,911 Show data context 19,386 Show data context 1,327 Show data context 3,698 Show data context
1911 25,232 Show data context 871 Show data context 19,504 Show data context 13,241 Show data context 26,937 Show data context 2,291 Show data context 8,988 Show data context
1931 18,283 Show data context 437 Show data context 17,629 Show data context 12,994 Show data context 29,505 Show data context 1,632 Show data context 16,736 Show data context
1951 17,711 Show data context 226 Show data context 25,728 Show data context 18,248 Show data context 27,089 Show data context 2,133 Show data context 55,426 Show data context
1971 8,963 Show data context 102 Show data context 36,841 Show data context 18,433 Show data context 21,688 Show data context 6,674 Show data context 32,666 Show data context
1991 7,693 Show data context 80 Show data context 30,669 Show data context 20,551 Show data context 39,289 Show data context 19,126 Show data context 51,832 Show data context
2001 6,089 Show data context 336 Show data context 31,860 Show data context 28,247 Show data context 53,603 Show data context 34,806 Show data context 62,317 Show data context
2011 4,105 Show data context 245 Show data context 21,693 Show data context 28,422 Show data context 59,071 Show data context 48,007 Show data context 77,673 Show data context
2021 4,389 Show data context 218 Show data context 20,058 Show data context 32,236 Show data context 57,329 Show data context 52,732 Show data context 85,379 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, Wiltshire 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