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 Buckinghamshire AdmC	Slough MB/UD

Occupation	Persons [1]
MALES: Total Population.	32,179
Total Occupied Population aged 15 and over.	24,338
Total occupied (orders I-XXVII).	22,273
Retired.	2,065
Employers.	293
Managers.	1,226
Operatives.	19,595
Self-employed.	854
Unemployed.	305
I. Fishermen.	0
II. Agricultural, etc. occupations.	489
III. Mining and quarring occupations.	3
IV. Workers in ceramics, glass, cement, etc.	59
V. Coal gas, etc. makers, workers in chemicals.	343
VI. Workers in metal manufacture, engineering.	5,611
VII. Textile workers.	97
VIII. Leather workers, fur dressers.	55
IX. Makers of textile goods and articles of dress.	138
X. Makers of foods, drinks and tobacco.	339
XI. Workers wood, cane and cork.	994
XII. Makers of, workers in, paper; printers.	269
XIII. Makers of products (n.e.s.).	334
XIV. Workers in building and contracting.	873
XV. Painters and decorators.	540
XVI. Administrators, directors, managers (n.e.s.).	895
XVII. Persons employed in transport, etc.	1,574
XVIII. Commercial, finance, etc. (exc. Clerical).	1,644
XIX. Professional and technical (exc. Clerical).	1,410
XX. Persons employed in defence services.	488
XXI. Persons engaged in entertainments and sport.	104
XXII. Persons engaged in personal service.	558
XXIII. Clerks, typists, etc.	1,555
XXIV. Warehousemen, storekeepers, packers, etc.	948
XXV. Stationary engine drivers, stokers, etc.	258
XXVI. Workers in unskilled occupations (n.e.s.).	2,541
XXVII. Other and undefined workers.	154
XXVIII. Retired and not gainfully occupied.	2,065
FEMALES: Total Population.	34,292
Total Occupied Population aged 15 and over.	26,659
Total occupied (orders I-XXVII).	11,250
Retired.	15,409
Employers.	50
Managers.	221
Operatives.	10,664
Self-employed.	187
Unemployed.	128
II. Agricultural, etc. occupations.	85
VI. Workers in metal manufacture, engineering.	572
VII. Textile workers.	85
VIII. Leather workers, fur dressers.	3
IX. Makers of textile goods and articles of dress.	475
X. Makers of foods, drinks and tobacco.	101
XII. Makers of, workers in, paper; printers.	130
XVI. Administrators, directors, mangeresses.	76
XVII. Persons employed in transport, etc.	224
XVIII. Commercial, finance, etc.(exc. Clerical).	994
XIX. Professional and technical (exc. clerical).	673
XXII. Persons engaged in personal service.	2,089
XXIII. Clerks, typists, etc.	2,934
XXIV. Warehousewomen, storekeepers, packers, etc.	720
XXVI. Workers in unskilled occupations (n.e.s.).	1,481
I,III-V,XI,XIII-XV,XX,XXI,XXV,XXVII Others.	608

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