A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
1911 Census of England and Wales, Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911, giving details of Areas, Houses, Families or separate occupiers, and Population:- Occupations and Industries, Part I, 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".
| List top level | England and Wales Dep |
|---|
| Occupation |
Males [1] |
|---|---|
| Total Occupied or Unoccupied. |
13,662,200 
|
| Retired or Unoccupied. |
2,208,535
|
| Engaged in occupations (Orders I-XXII). |
11,453,665
|
| I. General or Local Government. |
248,624
|
| II. Defence of the Country. |
205,817
|
| III. Professional Occupations and their Subordinate Services. |
367,578
|
| IV. 2. Domestic Outdoor Service. |
226,266
|
| IV. 1, 3. Domestic Indoor and Other Service. |
161,411
|
| V. 1, 3, 4. Merchants, Agents, Accountants; Banking, etc.; Insurance. |
302,838
|
| V. 2. Commercial or Business Clerks. |
360,478
|
| VI. Conveyance of Men, Goods, and Messages: On Railways. |
397,990
|
| VI. Conveyance of Men, Goods, and Messages: On Roads. |
471,994
|
| VI. Conveyance of Men, Goods, and Messages: On Seas, Rivers, and Canals. |
132,195
|
| VI. Conveyance of Men, Goods, and Messages: Dock Labourers, Wharf Labourers, Coalheavers; Coal--Porters, Labourers. |
135,172
|
| VI. Conveyance of Men, Goods, and Messages: Messengers, Porters, Watchmen (not Railway or Government). |
223,008
|
| VI. Conveyance of Men, Goods, and Messages: Others in Conveyance of Men, Goods, and Messages. |
39,035
|
| VII. Agriculture - On Farms, Woods, and Gardens. |
1,140,515
|
| IX. 1. Coal and Shale Mine - Workers (including Mine Service). |
884,530
|
| IX. 1. Others working in and about, and in the products of, Mines and Quarries. |
126,304
|
| X. 3. General Engineering, and Machine Making. |
670,412
|
| X. 1, 2, 5-8. Iron, Steel, etc. Manufacture; Tools; Dies, etc.; Arms; Misc. Metal Trades. |
400,277
|
| X. 4. Electrical Apparatus. |
84,746
|
| X. 9. Ships and Boats. |
104,508
|
| X. 10. Cycles, Coaches, and other Vehicles. |
174,346
|
| XI. Precious Metals, Jewels, Watches, Instruments, and Games. |
99,931
|
| XII. Building, and Works of Construction. |
946,127
|
| XIII. Wood, Furniture, Fittings, and Decorations. |
253,802
|
| XIV. 1. Brick, Plain Tile, Terra-Cotta - Makers. |
49,187
|
| XIV. 1. Earthenware, China, Porcelain, Glass - Manufacture. |
68,672
|
| XV. Chemicals, Explosives, Oil, Grease, Soap, etc. |
135,113
|
| XVI. 1, 2. Skins, Leather, Saddlery, and Harness. |
65,891
|
| XVII. 2. Printers and Lithographers. |
128,008
|
| XVII. 1, 2. Others in Paper, Prints, Books, and Stationery (excluding Stationers, Booksellers, Publishers, Newspaper Agents, and other Dealers). |
47,491
|
| XVIII. 1-5. Textile Manufactures. |
400,474
|
| XVIII. 6. Textile Bleaching, Printing, Dyeing, etc. |
69,616
|
| XIX. 1. Tailors. |
122,352
|
| XIX. 1. Boot, Shoe, Slipper, Patten, Clog - Makers. |
169,171
|
| XIX. 1. Other Workers in Dress. |
83,812
|
| XVIII. 7. Drapers, Linen Drapers, Mercers. XIX. 1. Dealers in Dress. |
130,142
|
| XX. Food, Tobacco, Drink, and Lodging. |
913,565
|
| XXII. 5. General Labourers; Factory Labourers (undefined). |
303,153
|
| All Other Occupations. |
609,114
|
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