Vision of Britain | 1951 Census: Occupations

1951 Census of England and Wales, Occupation Tables (Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 4 (1), Census Act, 1920), Table 21 : " Selected Occupations with Status Aggregates - abridged analysis for Con divisions and sub-divisions, Urban Areas with population of less than 50,000, RD, NT".

List Middlesex AdmC	Wembley UD/MB

Occupation	Persons [1]
MALES: Total Population.	61,987
Total Occupied Population aged 15 and over.	48,862
Total occupied (orders I-XXVII).	44,118
Retired.	4,744
Employers.	1,189
Managers.	4,561
Operatives.	35,532
Self-employed.	2,309
Unemployed.	527
I. Fishermen.	0
II. Agricultural, etc. occupations.	192
III. Mining and quarring occupations.	3
IV. Workers in ceramics, glass, cement, etc.	292
V. Coal gas, etc. makers, workers in chemicals.	123
VI. Workers in metal manufacture, engineering.	8,155
VII. Textile workers.	28
VIII. Leather workers, fur dressers.	168
IX. Makers of textile goods and articles of dress.	789
X. Makers of foods, drinks and tobacco.	318
XI. Workers wood, cane and cork.	1,353
XII. Makers of, workers in, paper; printers.	928
XIII. Makers of products (n.e.s.).	356
XIV. Workers in building and contracting.	1,228
XV. Painters and decorators.	891
XVI. Administrators, directors, managers (n.e.s.).	3,320
XVII. Persons employed in transport, etc.	3,710
XVIII. Commercial, finance, etc. (exc. Clerical).	5,732
XIX. Professional and technical (exc. Clerical).	4,309
XX. Persons employed in defence services.	963
XXI. Persons engaged in entertainments and sport.	556
XXII. Persons engaged in personal service.	1,492
XXIII. Clerks, typists, etc.	5,287
XXIV. Warehousemen, storekeepers, packers, etc.	1,284
XXV. Stationary engine drivers, stokers, etc.	274
XXVI. Workers in unskilled occupations (n.e.s.).	1,993
XXVII. Other and undefined workers.	374
XXVIII. Retired and not gainfully occupied.	4,744
FEMALES: Total Population.	69,397
Total Occupied Population aged 15 and over.	56,846
Total occupied (orders I-XXVII).	22,392
Retired.	34,454
Employers.	142
Managers.	604
Operatives.	20,931
Self-employed.	432
Unemployed.	283
II. Agricultural, etc. occupations.	8
VI. Workers in metal manufacture, engineering.	984
VII. Textile workers.	63
VIII. Leather workers, fur dressers.	53
IX. Makers of textile goods and articles of dress.	973
X. Makers of foods, drinks and tobacco.	78
XII. Makers of, workers in, paper; printers.	254
XVI. Administrators, directors, mangeresses.	415
XVII. Persons employed in transport, etc.	627
XVIII. Commercial, finance, etc.(exc. Clerical).	2,462
XIX. Professional and technical (exc. clerical).	1,688
XXII. Persons engaged in personal service.	3,444
XXIII. Clerks, typists, etc.	8,321
XXIV. Warehousewomen, storekeepers, packers, etc.	739
XXVI. Workers in unskilled occupations (n.e.s.).	1,612
I,III-V,XI,XIII-XV,XX,XXI,XXV,XXVII Others.	671

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