Standard Industrial Classification (2007), by sex

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Data for 1951 Sex
2011 Industrial Classification Male Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing 3,401 Show data context 488 Show data context
B: Mining & quarrying 312 Show data context 6 Show data context
C: Manufacturing 3,582 Show data context 615 Show data context
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc 10 Show data context 1 Show data context
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt 13 Show data context 0 Show data context
F: Construction 373 Show data context 4 Show data context
G: Wholesale & retail trade 413 Show data context 130 Show data context
H: Transport & storage 435 Show data context 87 Show data context
I: Accommodation & catering 109 Show data context 253 Show data context
J: Information & communication 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
K: Financial & insurance 71 Show data context 6 Show data context
L: Real estate activities. 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
M: Professional, scientific & technical 39 Show data context 36 Show data context
N: Administrative & support 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
O: Public administration & defence 2,878 Show data context 227 Show data context
P: Education 101 Show data context 153 Show data context
Q: Human health & social work 144 Show data context 172 Show data context
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services 79 Show data context 54 Show data context
T: Activities of households 124 Show data context 373 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, Border RD through time | Industry Statistics | Standard Industrial Classification (2007), by sex, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 01st May 2024