Standard Industrial Classification (2007), by sex

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Data for 1951 Sex
2011 Industrial Classification Male Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing 1,346 Show data context 201 Show data context
B: Mining & quarrying 42 Show data context 4 Show data context
C: Manufacturing 3,285 Show data context 939 Show data context
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc 136 Show data context 14 Show data context
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt 1 Show data context 1 Show data context
F: Construction 818 Show data context 22 Show data context
G: Wholesale & retail trade 829 Show data context 353 Show data context
H: Transport & storage 329 Show data context 71 Show data context
I: Accommodation & catering 178 Show data context 316 Show data context
J: Information & communication 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
K: Financial & insurance 57 Show data context 21 Show data context
L: Real estate activities. 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
M: Professional, scientific & technical 89 Show data context 41 Show data context
N: Administrative & support 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
O: Public administration & defence 476 Show data context 29 Show data context
P: Education 52 Show data context 215 Show data context
Q: Human health & social work 83 Show data context 77 Show data context
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services 172 Show data context 205 Show data context
T: Activities of households 456 Show data context 696 Show data context
U: Extraterritorial bodies 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Date: Source:
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'

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This classification of industry is that used by the 2011 Census, and forms the basic for our standardisation of historical information on industrial structure. The modern data are a classification of workers by their employers' business and count them by their place of work. However, before 1951 they are counted by place of residence, and before 1921 workers have to be classified by their individual occupations. Here we break the numbers in each industry down by gender, but this is not possible with the 2011 dat...


a, only with the re-districted and re-classified historical statisics.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Dorking and Horley RD through time | Industry Statistics | Standard Industrial Classification (2007), by sex, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 16th June 2024