County Durham 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 10,529 Show data context 10,922 Show data context 9,808 Show data context 4,564 Show data context 10,354 Show data context 933 Show data context 852 Show data context
1861 11,336 Show data context 21,083 Show data context 16,748 Show data context 7,462 Show data context 9,455 Show data context 1,185 Show data context 1,269 Show data context
1881 7,376 Show data context 43,729 Show data context 20,444 Show data context 8,521 Show data context 16,283 Show data context 1,528 Show data context 2,523 Show data context
1911 9,602 Show data context 82,488 Show data context 36,279 Show data context 18,219 Show data context 26,030 Show data context 3,711 Show data context 5,334 Show data context
1931 7,690 Show data context 79,799 Show data context 15,734 Show data context 13,233 Show data context 30,518 Show data context 1,993 Show data context 12,995 Show data context
1951 8,275 Show data context 77,962 Show data context 33,410 Show data context 20,125 Show data context 29,894 Show data context 2,203 Show data context 22,457 Show data context
1971 3,460 Show data context 20,313 Show data context 52,007 Show data context 24,042 Show data context 21,213 Show data context 3,939 Show data context 22,584 Show data context
1991 3,070 Show data context 5,592 Show data context 45,271 Show data context 22,433 Show data context 36,792 Show data context 12,130 Show data context 42,821 Show data context
2001 3,219 Show data context 1,092 Show data context 44,033 Show data context 29,044 Show data context 48,534 Show data context 20,412 Show data context 57,330 Show data context
2011 2,124 Show data context 922 Show data context 29,983 Show data context 33,710 Show data context 55,378 Show data context 30,280 Show data context 75,497 Show data context
2021 2,321 Show data context 811 Show data context 24,261 Show data context 34,285 Show data context 51,708 Show data context 30,800 Show data context 77,999 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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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, County Durham 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