Standard Industrial Classification (2007), by sex

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Data for 1951 Sex
2011 Industrial Classification Male Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing 650 Show data context 95 Show data context
B: Mining & quarrying 6 Show data context 0 Show data context
C: Manufacturing 2,287 Show data context 1,305 Show data context
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc 386 Show data context 72 Show data context
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt 39 Show data context 0 Show data context
F: Construction 1,563 Show data context 47 Show data context
G: Wholesale & retail trade 1,411 Show data context 906 Show data context
H: Transport & storage 924 Show data context 193 Show data context
I: Accommodation & catering 126 Show data context 427 Show data context
J: Information & communication 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
K: Financial & insurance 143 Show data context 58 Show data context
L: Real estate activities. 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
M: Professional, scientific & technical 97 Show data context 83 Show data context
N: Administrative & support 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
O: Public administration & defence 1,372 Show data context 256 Show data context
P: Education 148 Show data context 327 Show data context
Q: Human health & social work 672 Show data context 1,336 Show data context
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services 282 Show data context 319 Show data context
T: Activities of households 168 Show data context 499 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 2 , 'Industries (Minimum List) and Status Aggregates. Occupied Males and Females aged 15 and over', for 'Con, AC, CB, MetB, Urban Areas with population of 50,000 or more'

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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, Orpington UD through time | Industry Statistics | Standard Industrial Classification (2007), by sex, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 06th May 2024