Standard Industrial Classification (2007), by sex

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Data for 1951 Sex
2011 Industrial Classification Male Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing 273 Show data context 48 Show data context
B: Mining & quarrying 5 Show data context 2 Show data context
C: Manufacturing 9,719 Show data context 5,571 Show data context
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc 930 Show data context 97 Show data context
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt 23 Show data context 1 Show data context
F: Construction 4,138 Show data context 145 Show data context
G: Wholesale & retail trade 4,852 Show data context 3,802 Show data context
H: Transport & storage 2,610 Show data context 542 Show data context
I: Accommodation & catering 439 Show data context 1,517 Show data context
J: Information & communication 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
K: Financial & insurance 744 Show data context 271 Show data context
L: Real estate activities. 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
M: Professional, scientific & technical 421 Show data context 272 Show data context
N: Administrative & support 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
O: Public administration & defence 5,394 Show data context 2,360 Show data context
P: Education 750 Show data context 1,415 Show data context
Q: Human health & social work 503 Show data context 1,223 Show data context
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services 1,331 Show data context 1,441 Show data context
T: Activities of households 286 Show data context 1,642 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, Harrow UD/MB through time | Industry Statistics | Standard Industrial Classification (2007), by sex, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 27th April 2024