Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Consumer Services Business Services Public Services
1841 521 Show data context 0 Show data context 171 Show data context 85 Show data context 266 Show data context 32 Show data context 30 Show data context
1861 544 Show data context 1 Show data context 165 Show data context 141 Show data context 191 Show data context 15 Show data context 78 Show data context
1881 717 Show data context 2 Show data context 900 Show data context 1,015 Show data context 1,340 Show data context 124 Show data context 760 Show data context
1911 903 Show data context 28 Show data context 4,809 Show data context 5,823 Show data context 12,415 Show data context 3,896 Show data context 2,453 Show data context
1931 814 Show data context 35 Show data context 8,625 Show data context 9,158 Show data context 22,388 Show data context 4,850 Show data context 6,184 Show data context
1951 702 Show data context 4 Show data context 10,731 Show data context 8,375 Show data context 16,857 Show data context 1,816 Show data context 7,236 Show data context
1971 231 Show data context 1 Show data context 12,000 Show data context 10,172 Show data context 17,192 Show data context 6,465 Show data context 11,934 Show data context
1991 130 Show data context 0 Show data context 7,199 Show data context 8,199 Show data context 15,423 Show data context 14,669 Show data context 14,410 Show data context
2011 82 Show data context 7 Show data context 3,980 Show data context 8,970 Show data context 19,068 Show data context 15,983 Show data context 23,984 Show data context
Date: Source:
1841 1841 Census of Great Britain, Occupations, Table [1] , 'Occupation Abstract'
1861 1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 17 , 'Occupations of Males aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1881 - 2011 Census of Population
1971 1971 Census of England and Wales, Economic activity County Leaflets, Table 3 , 'Industry and status by area of workplace and sex', for 'County, county boroughs, urban areas with populations of 50,000 or more, conurbation centres'

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