West Suffolk 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 11,669 Show data context 13 Show data context 5,265 Show data context 2,133 Show data context 6,826 Show data context 715 Show data context 685 Show data context
1861 10,758 Show data context 15 Show data context 5,037 Show data context 1,549 Show data context 4,536 Show data context 470 Show data context 731 Show data context
1881 8,846 Show data context 25 Show data context 5,187 Show data context 1,932 Show data context 6,396 Show data context 435 Show data context 1,186 Show data context
1911 9,661 Show data context 41 Show data context 6,470 Show data context 4,062 Show data context 8,927 Show data context 627 Show data context 1,595 Show data context
1931 6,577 Show data context 42 Show data context 4,018 Show data context 2,453 Show data context 10,306 Show data context 516 Show data context 2,325 Show data context
1951 7,347 Show data context 46 Show data context 4,484 Show data context 5,555 Show data context 12,043 Show data context 765 Show data context 8,208 Show data context
1971 3,978 Show data context 39 Show data context 10,597 Show data context 6,151 Show data context 10,446 Show data context 1,490 Show data context 6,180 Show data context
1991 2,938 Show data context 20 Show data context 16,335 Show data context 7,923 Show data context 20,160 Show data context 6,955 Show data context 14,520 Show data context
2001 2,394 Show data context 72 Show data context 14,237 Show data context 9,896 Show data context 24,035 Show data context 10,031 Show data context 17,806 Show data context
2011 1,678 Show data context 42 Show data context 10,562 Show data context 11,719 Show data context 26,866 Show data context 13,959 Show data context 23,197 Show data context
2021 1,572 Show data context 55 Show data context 8,220 Show data context 12,840 Show data context 22,857 Show data context 15,541 Show data context 28,495 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, West Suffolk District 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