North Yorkshire 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 48,162 Show data context 7,554 Show data context 65,967 Show data context 12,324 Show data context 34,263 Show data context 2,901 Show data context 2,799 Show data context
1861 59,679 Show data context 4,313 Show data context 35,863 Show data context 13,421 Show data context 27,710 Show data context 3,639 Show data context 3,874 Show data context
1881 38,840 Show data context 2,879 Show data context 25,034 Show data context 13,390 Show data context 34,045 Show data context 2,270 Show data context 4,472 Show data context
1911 35,156 Show data context 18,964 Show data context 38,643 Show data context 18,901 Show data context 36,925 Show data context 3,588 Show data context 7,175 Show data context
1931 32,948 Show data context 4,635 Show data context 26,036 Show data context 21,271 Show data context 55,803 Show data context 3,694 Show data context 21,638 Show data context
1951 34,154 Show data context 2,908 Show data context 26,858 Show data context 25,395 Show data context 48,315 Show data context 4,927 Show data context 49,669 Show data context
1971 12,487 Show data context 6,933 Show data context 33,930 Show data context 21,901 Show data context 30,820 Show data context 7,403 Show data context 30,763 Show data context
1991 18,014 Show data context 6,515 Show data context 33,213 Show data context 32,438 Show data context 60,321 Show data context 21,287 Show data context 54,474 Show data context
2001 14,436 Show data context 1,866 Show data context 34,746 Show data context 33,473 Show data context 77,151 Show data context 36,923 Show data context 75,896 Show data context
2011 10,637 Show data context 1,093 Show data context 26,512 Show data context 37,468 Show data context 84,318 Show data context 49,427 Show data context 89,746 Show data context
2021 10,924 Show data context 858 Show data context 23,723 Show data context 39,492 Show data context 76,737 Show data context 53,327 Show data context 88,383 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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Total population at this Census, and for previous censuses. Where the latter appear, they are for the same area, so if there had been boundary changes they will differ from the population given for the same reporting unit by the previous census.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, North Yorkshire 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