1951 Census of England and Wales, Industry Tables (Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 4 (1), Census Act, 1920), 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".

Show England Dep table	Devon AdmC	Ashburton UD Axminster UD Axminster RD Barnstaple MB Barnstaple RD Bideford MB Bideford RD Brixham UD Broadwoodwidger RD Buckfastleigh UD Budleigh Salterton UD Crediton UD Crediton RD Dartmouth MB Dawlish UD Exeter CB/MB Exmouth UD Great Torrington MB Holsworthy RD Holsworthy UD Honiton RD Honiton MB Ilfracombe UD Kingsbridge UD Kingsbridge RD Lynton UD Newton Abbot UD Newton Abbot RD Northam UD Okehampton MB Okehampton RD Ottery St Mary UD Paignton UD Plymouth CB/MB Plympton St Mary RD Salcombe UD Seaton UD Sidmouth UD South Molton MB South Molton RD St Thomas RD Tavistock RD Tavistock UD Teignmouth UD Tiverton MB Tiverton RD Torquay MB Torrington RD Totnes RD Totnes MB

INDUSTRY	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES	238,760	85,196
Married women (included in Total)	0	25,556
Employers	12,176	1,710
Managers	8,663	2,537
Operatives	194,143	75,261
Working on own account	23,778	5,688
I. Agriculture, forestry, fishing	34,893	3,918
1. Agriculture and horticulture	33,468	3,910
II. Mining and quarrying	2,628	47
10. Coal mining	14	2
11-19. Other mining and quarrying	2,614	45
III. Ceramics, glass, cement, etc.	2,397	413
20. Bricks and fireclay goods	780	27
24. Cement	10	0
IV. Chemicals and allied trades	1,933	314
30,31,33. Coke ovens, chemicals and explosives	1,443	88
V. Metal manufacture	641	149
VI. Engineering, shipbuilding and electrical goods	20,248	2,097
50,51. Shipbuilding, marine engineering	15,024	233
54. Machine tools and engineers' small tools	163	81
56. Textile machinery and accessories	9	2
58. Constructional engineering	418	23
52,53,55,57,69. Other mechanical engineering	3,548	908
70. Electrical machinery	156	32
73,74. Wireless apparatus, valves and lamps	472	702
71,72,75,79. Other electrical engineering	458	116
VII. Vehicles	7,409	621
80. Manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles	505	30
81. Motor repairers and garages	5,924	474
82,83. Manufacture of aircraft; vehicle parts	220	15
VIII. Metal goods not elsewhere specified	858	113
IX. Precision instruments, jewellery, etc.	624	135
X. Textiles	1,531	1,170
110. Cotton spinning, doubling, etc.	9	0
111. Cotton weaving, etc.	7	9
112. Woollen and worsted	485	329
113,114. Rayon, etc. production, weaving; silk	179	175
118. Hosiery, and other knitted goods	20	59
123. Textile finishing, etc.	79	51
XI. Leather, leather goods and fur	522	179
XII. Clothing	1,805	3,778
140. Tailoring	660	1,071
141. Dressmaking	113	1,539
148,149. Boot and shoe making and repairing	805	67
XIII. Food, drink and tobacco	6,317	2,238
150-162. Food	4,757	1,828
163-168. Drink	1,521	404
XIV. Manufactures of wood and cork	3,311	471
170. Timber	1,245	68
171. Furniture and upholstery	1,114	293
XV. Paper and printing	2,699	1,059
180. Paper and board	763	266
186,189. Printing and publishing	1,883	628
XVI. Other manufacturing industries	375	134
XVII. Building and contracting	26,988	521
XVIII. Gas, electricity and water	5,592	564
210. Gas	2,566	243
211. Electricity	2,559	304
212. Water	467	17
XIX. Transport and communication	21,504	2,667
220. Railways	7,773	265
221,222. Road passenger transport	4,750	350
223. Goods transport by road	2,252	123
224-226. Sea transport, port service, etc.	1,463	32
228. Postal, telegraph, wireless communication	4,824	1,815
XX. Distributive trades	24,631	18,505
240. Dealing In coal, builders' materials, etc.	2,995	458
241. Dealing in other Industrial materials	1,021	163
242. Wholesale distribution of food and drink	1,553	507
243. Retail distribution of food and drink	8,017	5,474
244. Wholesale distribution of non-food goods	2,318	661
245. Retail distribution of non-food goods	7,936	10,382
246. Retail sales of sweets, tobacco, papers	791	860
XXI. Insurance, banking and finance	3,968	1,546
XXII. Public administration and defence	42,289	3,629
260. National government service	33,719	2,245
265. Local government service	8,570	1,384
XXIII. Professional services	10,598	14,275
271. Education	3,135	5,234
273. Medical and dental services	3,468	6,994
XXIV. Miscellaneous services	14,779	26,548
280,281. Entertainment and sport	1,501	894
285. Catering, hotels, etc.	7,106	11,555
286. Laundries	755	2,116
287. Dry cleaning. Job dyeing, etc.	101	269
288. Hairdressing and manicure	685	1,041
290,291. Private domestic service	3,366	9,974
Not stated and Ill-defined industry	220	105

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Using data from this table, Vision of Britain can map the following rates for within Devon AdmC:

Rate	Date
Agriculture	1951
Finance & Business Services	1951
Manufacturing	1951
Mining	1951
Public Services	1951

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