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 Kent AdmC	Beckenham UD/MB

Occupation	Persons [1]
MALES: Total Population.	34,057
Total Occupied Population aged 15 and over.	26,543
Total occupied (orders I-XXVII).	22,809
Retired.	3,734
Employers.	702
Managers.	2,999
Operatives.	17,644
Self-employed.	1,210
Unemployed.	254
I. Fishermen.	0
II. Agricultural, etc. occupations.	285
III. Mining and quarring occupations.	0
IV. Workers in ceramics, glass, cement, etc.	40
V. Coal gas, etc. makers, workers in chemicals.	26
VI. Workers in metal manufacture, engineering.	2,322
VII. Textile workers.	4
VIII. Leather workers, fur dressers.	98
IX. Makers of textile goods and articles of dress.	123
X. Makers of foods, drinks and tobacco.	140
XI. Workers wood, cane and cork.	399
XII. Makers of, workers in, paper; printers.	644
XIII. Makers of products (n.e.s.).	80
XIV. Workers in building and contracting.	819
XV. Painters and decorators.	400
XVI. Administrators, directors, managers (n.e.s.).	2,292
XVII. Persons employed in transport, etc.	1,711
XVIII. Commercial, finance, etc. (exc. Clerical).	4,131
XIX. Professional and technical (exc. Clerical).	2,763
XX. Persons employed in defence services.	501
XXI. Persons engaged in entertainments and sport.	201
XXII. Persons engaged in personal service.	575
XXIII. Clerks, typists, etc.	3,996
XXIV. Warehousemen, storekeepers, packers, etc.	414
XXV. Stationary engine drivers, stokers, etc.	90
XXVI. Workers in unskilled occupations (n.e.s.).	554
XXVII. Other and undefined workers.	201
XXVIII. Retired and not gainfully occupied.	3,734
FEMALES: Total Population.	40,779
Total Occupied Population aged 15 and over.	33,420
Total occupied (orders I-XXVII).	10,339
Retired.	23,081
Employers.	81
Managers.	319
Operatives.	9,488
Self-employed.	296
Unemployed.	155
II. Agricultural, etc. occupations.	19
VI. Workers in metal manufacture, engineering.	148
VII. Textile workers.	10
VIII. Leather workers, fur dressers.	19
IX. Makers of textile goods and articles of dress.	303
X. Makers of foods, drinks and tobacco.	28
XII. Makers of, workers in, paper; printers.	58
XVI. Administrators, directors, mangeresses.	272
XVII. Persons employed in transport, etc.	291
XVIII. Commercial, finance, etc.(exc. Clerical).	1,173
XIX. Professional and technical (exc. clerical).	1,357
XXII. Persons engaged in personal service.	1,882
XXIII. Clerks, typists, etc.	4,198
XXIV. Warehousewomen, storekeepers, packers, etc.	131
XXVI. Workers in unskilled occupations (n.e.s.).	267
I,III-V,XI,XIII-XV,XX,XXI,XXV,XXVII Others.	183

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