Dorset Unitary Authority (UA) through time | Historical Statistics on Industry

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Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

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Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Services
1841	18,549	465	10,134	5,016	14,878
1861	23,212	654	15,710	6,969	17,641
1881	16,410	914	13,683	7,982	22,834
1911	18,860	1,372	12,617	11,886	36,558
1931	14,233	1,629	9,725	10,500	39,821
1951	14,502	789	11,531	13,064	47,992
1971	7,752	507	11,945	12,084	43,227
1991	6,770	470	18,696	15,039	76,530
2001	5,713	552	20,084	20,511	107,437
2011	4,217	393	15,848	22,626	127,518
2021	4,153	369	12,606	23,751	126,902

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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Dorset Unitary Authority (UA) : Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)