A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
1841 Census of Great Britain, Occupations (Sample Report Title: Abstract of the Answers and Returns made pursuant to Acts 3 & 4 Vict. c. 99, and 4 Vict. c. 7, intituled respectively " An Act "for taking an Account of the Population of Great Britain," and "An Act to amend the "Acts of the last Session for taking an Account of the Population." Occupation Abstract, 1841: Part I. England and Wales, and Islands in the British Seas), Table [1] : " Occupation Abstract".
| List Hampshire AncC | Portsmouth O41area |
|---|
| OCCUPATIONS |
Males |
Females |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
20 Years of Age and upwards [1] |
Under 20 Years of Age [2] |
20 Years of Age and upwards [3] |
Under 20 Years of Age [4] |
|
| Accountant |
6 
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Agent (branch not specified) |
11
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Animal and Bird-dealer |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Architect |
7
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Architect, Naval |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Army |
1,193
|
234
|
0
|
0
|
| Army, Half-pay |
8
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Artist |
12
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
| Attorney, Solicitor, and Law Student |
42
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Auctioneer, Appraiser, and Estate-agent |
11
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Bacon-dealer and Factor |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Baker |
178
|
28
|
4
|
0
|
| Banker |
10
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Barrister and Conveyancer |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Basket-maker |
17
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Bath-keeper |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Billiard-table-keeper and Marker |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Blacking-maker |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Blacksmith and Smith |
234
|
28
|
0
|
0
|
| Block, Oar, and Mast-maker |
17
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Boat and Barge Owner |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Boat and Barge-builder |
3
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Boat and Bargeman |
146
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
| Bonnet-maker |
1
|
0
|
21
|
12
|
| Bookbinder and Bookseller |
17
|
6
|
4
|
0
|
| Boot and Shoe-maker |
574
|
84
|
44
|
9
|
| Bow-maker |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Brace-maker |
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
| Brass-finisher and Fitter |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Brass-founder and Moulder |
22
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
| Brazier and Tinker |
15
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Brewer |
81
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
| Brick and Tile-maker |
19
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Bricklayer |
135
|
16
|
0
|
0
|
| Broker (branch not specified) |
29
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
| Brush and Broom-maker |
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Builder |
34
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Butcher |
154
|
22
|
3
|
0
|
| Butcher, Pork |
13
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Cabinet-maker and Upholsterer |
74
|
17
|
3
|
0
|
| Cap-maker |
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| Carpenter and Joiner |
455
|
62
|
0
|
0
|
| Carrier, Carter, and Waggoner |
16
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
| Carver and Gilder |
11
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Cattle-dealer |
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Cellarman |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Cement-maker |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Chair-maker |
4
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Charwoman |
0
|
0
|
156
|
8
|
| Chemist and Druggist |
41
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
| Chimney-sweeper |
8
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
| China, Earthenware, and Glass-dealer |
7
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| Clergyman and Student of Divinity |
19
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Clerk |
112
|
23
|
2
|
0
|
| Clock and Watch-maker |
32
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Clothes-peg-maker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Clothier |
9
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
| Coach Maker (all branches) |
25
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
| Coachman, Coach-guard, and Postboy |
46
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Coach-owner |
8
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Coal Labourer |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Coal Merchant and Dealer |
29
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
| Coal Meter |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Coal-agent |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Coffee House-keeper |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Colour-maker |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Comb-maker |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Cooper |
31
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
| Copper-refiner |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Copper-smith |
8
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Cork-cutter |
13
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Corn Merchant and Dealer |
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Corn Meter |
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Cotton Manufacture (all branches) |
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Crape-cleaner |
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| Curiosity-dealer |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Currier and Leather-seller |
18
|
5
|
3
|
0
|
| Cutler |
8
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Dentist |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Dock-yard Service |
30
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
| Draper |
86
|
24
|
3
|
1
|
| Draper, Linen |
26
|
6
|
1
|
0
|
| Draughtsman |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Dress-maker and Milliner |
0
|
0
|
274
|
78
|
| Drover |
4
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Dyer and Calenderer |
6
|
1
|
10
|
0
|
| Dyer, Silk |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| East India Company's Service |
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Eating-house-keeper |
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
| Egg-merchant |
3
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| Engine and Machine-maker |
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Engineer and Engine-worker |
15
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Engineer, Civil |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Engraver |
7
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Factory-worker (branch not specified) |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Farmer and Grazier |
29
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Farrier, Cattle-doctor and Veterinary Surgeon |
9
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Fellmonger |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Figure-maker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| File-cutter |
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Fireman |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Fish-dealer and Monger |
15
|
3
|
7
|
0
|
| Fisherman |
85
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
| Flag-maker |
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| Flax-dresser and Spinner |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Flour-dealer and Mealman |
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Flower (Artificial) maker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Founder (branch not specified) |
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| French-polisher |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Furrier |
2
|
1
|
5
|
0
|
| Gardener |
75
|
5
|
2
|
0
|
| Gas-fitter |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Gas-works Service |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| General Dealer |
54
|
1
|
10
|
0
|
| Ginger-beer and Soda-water-maker |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Glass-manufacture |
5
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Glover |
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Government Civil Service, All other Departments |
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Government Civil Service, Customs and Excise |
65
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Government Civil Service, Post-office |
18
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Government Civil Service, Stamps and Taxes |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Green-grocer and Fruiterer |
45
|
7
|
27
|
0
|
| Grocer and Tea-dealer |
110
|
15
|
30
|
0
|
| Groom and Hostler |
23
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
| Gun-maker |
6
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Haberdasher and Hosier |
3
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
| Hair-dresser and Barber |
50
|
12
|
1
|
0
|
| Harbour Master |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Hardwareman |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Hatter and Hat-maker |
20
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
| Hawker, Huckster, and Pedlar |
26
|
0
|
12
|
0
|
| Hay and Straw-dealer |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Hemp-dealer |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Hemp-dresser |
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Iron Founder and Moulder |
9
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Ironmonger |
17
|
1
|
9
|
0
|
| Japanner |
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Jeweller, Goldsmith, and Silversmith |
29
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
| Keeper or Head of Public Institution |
7
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
| Keeper, Lighthouse |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Labourer |
1,339
|
135
|
18
|
1
|
| Labourer, Agricultural |
229
|
38
|
12
|
4
|
| Lace-maker |
1
|
0
|
10
|
9
|
| Lamp-lighter |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Last-maker |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Lath-render |
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Laundry-keeper, Washer, and Mangler |
0
|
0
|
238
|
5
|
| Law Officer |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Lime-burner |
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Livery-stable-keeper |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Locksmith and Bell-hanger |
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Lodging and Boarding-house Keeper |
6
|
0
|
65
|
0
|
| Maltster |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Marines |
598
|
97
|
0
|
0
|
| Marine-store-dealer |
3
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| Mason, Paviour, and Stone-cutter |
78
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
| Mat-maker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Medicine Vender |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Merchant |
36
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Midwife |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Milk-seller and Cow-keeper |
37
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| Miller |
24
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
| Millwright |
32
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
| Miner (branch not specified) |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Minister |
23
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Moulder (branch not specified) |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Musical Instrument-maker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Musician and Organist |
13
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Music-seller |
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Naturalist |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Navy |
611
|
38
|
0
|
0
|
| Navy Agent |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Navy, Half-pay |
52
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Needle-maker |
1
|
1
|
4
|
2
|
| Newpaper Editor and Reporter |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Notary |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Nurse |
0
|
0
|
45
|
1
|
| Nurseryman and Florist |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Oil Merchant |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Optician |
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Packer |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Painter, Plumber, and Glazier |
167
|
24
|
1
|
0
|
| Paper-hanger |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Parchment-maker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Parochial and Church-officer |
14
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Pastry-cook and Confectioner |
19
|
6
|
5
|
0
|
| Patten and Clog-maker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Pawnbroker |
19
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
| Perfumer |
3
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Physician |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Piano-forte-maker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Pipe-maker |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Plasterer |
18
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Police-officer, Constable, and Watchman |
72
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Polisher |
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Porter and Ale-merchant |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Porter, Messenger, and Errand-boy |
43
|
18
|
0
|
0
|
| Poulterer |
5
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Printer |
35
|
13
|
1
|
0
|
| Print-seller |
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Pump-maker |
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Railway Service |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Rope and Cord-spinner |
174
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
| Sack-maker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Saddler, and Harness and Collar-maker |
16
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Sail-maker |
43
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
| Salesman |
8
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Saw-maker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Sawyer |
172
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
| Scale-maker |
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Scavenger and Nightman |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Schoolmaster, Mistress, and Assistant; Tutor or Governess |
51
|
0
|
122
|
11
|
| Scrivener |
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Sculptor |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Seaman |
667
|
62
|
0
|
0
|
| Seaman, Pilot |
21
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Seamstress |
0
|
0
|
430
|
127
|
| Seedsman |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Servant, Domestic |
156
|
101
|
1,389
|
588
|
| Ship Agent |
8
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Ship Broker |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Ship Builder and Carpenter |
766
|
56
|
0
|
0
|
| Ship Caulker |
63
|
16
|
0
|
0
|
| Ship Chandler |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Ship Owner |
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Ship Rigger |
41
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Shop-keeper |
12
|
1
|
21
|
0
|
| Silk Mercer |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Slop-seller |
9
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| Soap-boiler and Maker |
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Spinner |
0
|
0
|
6
|
1
|
| Stationer |
7
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
| Stay-maker |
30
|
3
|
147
|
53
|
| Steward (branch not specified) |
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Straw-bonnet-maker |
1
|
0
|
19
|
2
|
| Straw-plait dealer |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Straw-plait-worker |
3
|
0
|
11
|
3
|
| Surgeon, Apothecary, and Medical Student |
54
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
| Surgical Insturment-maker |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Surveyor (branch not specified) |
8
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Surveyor, Land |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Surveyor, Ship |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Tailor and Breeches-maker |
311
|
45
|
29
|
1
|
| Tallow-chandler and Melter |
16
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
| Tanner |
8
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Tavern-keeper, Beer-shop-keeper |
27
|
0
|
17
|
0
|
| Tavern-keeper, Hotel and Inn-keeper |
22
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
| Tavern-keeper, Publican and Victualler |
170
|
1
|
34
|
0
|
| Tavern-keeper, Spirit-merchant |
1
|
0
|
23
|
3
|
| Teacher or Professor of Dancing |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Teacher or Professor of Hebrew |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Teacher or Professor of Languages |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Teacher or Professor of Mathematics |
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Teacher or Professor of Music |
16
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
| Timber-merchant and Dealer |
11
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Tin-plate-worker and Tinman |
19
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
| Tobacconist and Tobacco-manufacturer |
10
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
| Toll-collector |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Toy-dealer |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Treenail-maker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Tripe-dealer |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Trunk and Box-maker |
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
| Turner |
17
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
| Umbrella and Parasol-maker |
9
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Undertaker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Warehouseman |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Water-works Service |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Weaver (branch not specified) |
3
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Well-sinker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Wharfinger |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Wheelwright |
31
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
| Whitesmith |
16
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
| Whiting-maker |
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Wine-cooper |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Wine-merchant |
10
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Wire-worker |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Wood Merchant and Dealer |
4
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Wood-bailiff and Keeper |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Woollen and Cloth Manufacture |
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
| Woollen-draper |
6
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
| Total Number of Persons whose Occupations are returned as above |
11,541
|
1,429
|
3,373
|
924
|
| Other Persons employed in Trade (branch not specified) |
26
|
41
|
11
|
1
|
| Number of Persons returned as of Independent Means |
399
|
22
|
1,726
|
100
|
| Almspeople, Pensioners, Paupers, and Beggars |
766
|
118
|
293
|
119
|
| Other Persons |
580
|
61
|
17
|
8
|
| Residue of Population |
461
|
9,138
|
11,419
|
10,459
|
| TOTAL POPULATION |
13,773
|
10,809
|
16,839
|
11,611
|
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This website does not try to provide an exact replica of the original printed census tables, which often had thousands of rows and far more columns than will fit on our web pages. Instead, we let you drill down from national totals to the most detailed data available. The column headings are those that appeared in the original printed report. The numbers presented here, which are the same ones we use to create statistical maps and graphs, come from the census table and have usually been carefully checked.
The system can only hold statistics for units listed in our administrative gazetteer, so some rows from the original table may be missing. Sometimes big low-level units, like urban parishes, were divided between more than one higher-level units, like Registration sub-Districts. This is why some pages will give a higher figure for a lower-level unit: it covers the whole of the lower-level unit, not just the part within the current higher-level unit.