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.
1951 Census of England and Wales, Occupation Tables (Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 4 (1), Census Act, 1920), Table 20 : " Selected Occupations with Status Aggregates for EW, Regions of E, W, Con, AC, CB, MetB, Urban Areas with Population of 50,000 or more".
| Show Bedfordshire AdmC table | Bedford MB |
|---|
| Occupation |
Males
[1] |
Females
[2] |
|---|---|---|
| Total Population |
25,071 
|
28,004
|
| Pop aged 15 & over |
19,299
|
22,581
|
| I-XXVII Occupied |
16,863
|
7,668
|
| XXVIII Retired & unocc. |
2,436
|
14,913
|
| Employers |
343
|
62
|
| Managers |
871
|
199
|
| Operatives |
14,524
|
7,009
|
| Working on own account |
922
|
284
|
| Out of Work |
203
|
114
|
| I. FISHERMEN |
0
|
0
|
| II. AGRICULTURAL, ETC OCCUPATIONS |
348
|
29
|
| 1. Agricultural and horticultural occupations |
326
|
29
|
| Farmers |
33
|
2
|
| Market gardeners, etc. and foremen |
54
|
4
|
| Other gardeners |
88
|
1
|
| Other agricultural workers |
151
|
22
|
| 2. Occupations ancillary to agriculture |
20
|
0
|
| Agricultural machine owners, drivers |
16
|
0
|
| 3. Foresters and woodmen |
2
|
0
|
| III. MINING & QUARRYING OCCUPATIONS |
7
|
0
|
| 1. In coal mines |
0
|
0
|
| Subordinate superintending staff |
0
|
0
|
| Workers below ground: Coal cutting etc machine men |
0
|
0
|
| Workers below ground: Hewers & getters (by hand) |
0
|
0
|
| Workers below ground: Conveying material to the shaft |
0
|
0
|
| Workers below ground: Developing workings in rock |
0
|
0
|
| Workers below ground: Repairing & maintaining roads |
0
|
0
|
| Other workers below ground |
0
|
0
|
| Workers above ground in coal mines |
0
|
0
|
| 2. In other mines, quarries, brine pits |
7
|
0
|
| Underground workers in mines |
1
|
0
|
| Getters in open quarries, pits, etc |
2
|
0
|
| IV. WORKERS IN CERAMICS, GLASS, CEMENT, ETC. |
188
|
10
|
| 1. Makers of bricks, pottery, etc |
180
|
1
|
| Brick, etc, moulders, etc |
37
|
1
|
| Potters, pottery makers and casters |
3
|
0
|
| Pottery finishers and decorators |
1
|
0
|
| Kiln and oven men, setters and placers |
122
|
0
|
| 2. Makers of glass and glass ware |
3
|
3
|
| 3. Makers of other mining products (not metal) |
5
|
6
|
| V. COAL GAS, ETC. MAKERS, WORKERS IN CHEMICALS |
37
|
5
|
| 1. Workers in coal, gas and coke |
23
|
0
|
| 2. Workers in chemical and allied trades |
14
|
5
|
| VI. WORKERS IN METAL MANUFACTURE, ENGINEERING |
3,761
|
211
|
| 1. Foremen, overlookers |
227
|
2
|
| Fitting, Erecting |
52
|
0
|
| Electrical work |
56
|
1
|
| 2. Furnacemen (not annealing or foundry) |
3
|
0
|
| 3. Rolling and tube mill workers, wire drawers |
1
|
0
|
| Rollers and their assistants |
1
|
0
|
| 4. Foundry workers (excluding pattern makers) |
379
|
12
|
| Iron or steel moulders and core makers |
194
|
9
|
| Non-ferrous moulders and core makers |
10
|
0
|
| Other ferrous foundry workers |
162
|
3
|
| 5. Smiths, forgemen |
42
|
0
|
| Blacksmiths |
36
|
0
|
| 6. Annealers, hardeners, temperers, picklers |
11
|
0
|
| 7. Sheet metal workers, metal spinners, etc. |
126
|
2
|
| 8. Platers, riveters, shipwrights |
18
|
0
|
| Platers |
12
|
0
|
| Platers' labourers |
0
|
0
|
| Riveters, caulkers |
4
|
0
|
| Shipwrights |
2
|
0
|
| 9. Metal machinists |
555
|
11
|
| Press tool setters |
10
|
0
|
| Turners |
174
|
0
|
| Drillers (hand or machine) |
119
|
6
|
| Machine setters, setter-operators |
252
|
5
|
| 10. Fitters, machine erectors |
1,143
|
6
|
| Precision fitters, tool makers, etc. |
304
|
1
|
| Machine erectors, maintenance engineers |
470
|
2
|
| Motor and motor cycle mechanics |
184
|
0
|
| Fitters, fitter assemblers |
102
|
0
|
| Machine erectors', fitters', etc. mates |
79
|
3
|
| 11. Metal finishers |
30
|
2
|
| Glazers, polishers, buffers and moppers |
10
|
1
|
| 12. Plumbers, pipe fitters, etc. |
197
|
0
|
| Plumbers (not chemical plumbers) |
132
|
0
|
| Plumbers' labourers |
8
|
0
|
| Gas fitters |
35
|
0
|
| Pipe fitters |
22
|
0
|
| 13. Vehicle makers and repairers (n.e.s) |
16
|
0
|
| 14. Watch, clock, instrument makers (n.e.s.) |
31
|
1
|
| Scientific instrument makers, repairers |
11
|
0
|
| Watch, etc. makers and repairers |
20
|
0
|
| 15. Workers in precious metals, gem setters |
4
|
0
|
| 16. Electrical apparatus makers, etc. (n.e.s.) |
665
|
83
|
| Radio and radar mechanics |
32
|
0
|
| Others in electrical communications |
96
|
0
|
| Electrical Fitters |
281
|
8
|
| Electricians (house, ship, factory) |
169
|
0
|
| Linemen and cable jointers |
45
|
1
|
| 17. Inspectors, viewers, testers |
134
|
61
|
| Electrical work |
35
|
22
|
| 18. Other skilled workers |
179
|
31
|
| Oxy-acetylene or electric welders, etc. |
97
|
0
|
| Constructional engineers, erectors |
32
|
0
|
| Press workers and stampers, drawers |
30
|
21
|
| VII. TEXTILE WORKERS |
11
|
12
|
| Foremen |
1
|
0
|
| 1. Openers, sorters, blenders, carders, etc. |
1
|
0
|
| Carders, combers, drawers, etc. |
1
|
0
|
| 2. Spinners, doublers |
0
|
0
|
| Spinners, piecers |
0
|
0
|
| Doublers, twisters, silk throwsters |
0
|
0
|
| 3. Winders, warpers, sizers, drawers-in |
0
|
0
|
| Winders, reelers |
0
|
0
|
| Beamers, warpers |
0
|
0
|
| 4. Weavers |
1
|
0
|
| Weavers (not carpets) |
1
|
0
|
| 5. Knitters |
1
|
4
|
| 6. Bleachers, dyers, finishers |
7
|
8
|
| Lookers, examiners, burlers, menders |
0
|
2
|
| Dye house workers |
6
|
2
|
| 7. Other skilled workers |
1
|
0
|
| Grinders, jobbers, tacklers, etc. |
0
|
0
|
| VIII. LEATHER WORKERS, FUR DRESSERS |
105
|
25
|
| 1. Leather tanners and dressers, fur dressers |
33
|
0
|
| 2. Boot and Shoe makers |
70
|
24
|
| Makers and repairers (not factory) |
59
|
2
|
| Clickers, pattern cutters |
0
|
0
|
| Closers |
2
|
10
|
| Other boot and shoe makers |
9
|
12
|
| 3. Makers of leather or substitute goods |
2
|
1
|
| IX. MAKERS OF TEXTILE GOODS AND ARTICLES OF DRESS |
79
|
358
|
| 1. Garment workers |
31
|
294
|
| Foremen, overlookers |
0
|
11
|
| Cutters |
4
|
13
|
| Tailors |
25
|
18
|
| Dressmakers and light clothing makers |
0
|
72
|
| Machinists |
0
|
135
|
| Pressers |
0
|
14
|
| 2. Hat and cap makers, milliners (makers) |
0
|
3
|
| 3. Upholsterers, etc., bedding makers |
35
|
17
|
| Upholsterers, coach trimmers, etc. |
32
|
16
|
| 4. Other makers |
13
|
44
|
| X. MAKERS OF FOODS, DRINKS AND TOBACCO |
248
|
122
|
| 1. Makers of foods |
190
|
113
|
| Foremen, overlookers |
15
|
15
|
| Bakers, dough mixers, etc. |
100
|
24
|
| 2. Makers of alcoholic drinks |
55
|
9
|
| 3. Makers of non-alcoholic drinks |
3
|
0
|
| 4. Makers of tabacco, cigars, cigarettes |
0
|
0
|
| XI. WORKERS WOOD, CANE AND CORK |
593
|
6
|
| Foremen, overlookers |
38
|
0
|
| Cabinet makers |
39
|
0
|
| Carpenters, joiners |
331
|
0
|
| Coach and cart builders: body build |
19
|
0
|
| Coopers, hoop makers and benders |
2
|
0
|
| Packing case makers |
7
|
1
|
| Pattern makers (wood or undefined) |
58
|
0
|
| Sawyers, wood cuttting machinists |
67
|
1
|
| XII. MAKERS OF, WORKERS IN, PAPER; PRINTERS |
242
|
106
|
| 1. Makers of paper, paperboard |
0
|
1
|
| 2. Workers, in paper and paperboard |
13
|
19
|
| Pressers, stampers, cutters |
9
|
0
|
| Paperboard box makers (n.e.s.) |
1
|
13
|
| Machine makers, layers-on |
1
|
4
|
| 3. Printers, bookbinders |
229
|
86
|
| Foremen, overlookers |
16
|
2
|
| Compositors (hand or machine) |
89
|
0
|
| Stereotypers, electrotypers |
6
|
0
|
| Printing reproduction workers |
4
|
2
|
| Printing machine room workers |
71
|
21
|
| Bookbinders |
9
|
51
|
| XIII. MAKERS OF PRODUCTS (N.E.S.) |
63
|
35
|
| 1. Workers in rubber |
19
|
26
|
| Mixers, spreaders, moulders |
7
|
18
|
| 2. Workers in plastics moulding, manipulating |
0
|
1
|
| 3. Makers of musical instruments |
6
|
0
|
| Piano tuners |
5
|
0
|
| 4. Makers of other products |
38
|
8
|
| Dental mechanics |
33
|
0
|
| XIV. WORKERS IN BUILDING AND CONTRACTING |
960
|
1
|
| Foremen, gangers |
49
|
0
|
| Clerks of works |
16
|
0
|
| Builders' labourers |
89
|
0
|
| Bricklayers |
182
|
0
|
| Bricklayers' labourers |
59
|
0
|
| Plasterers |
28
|
0
|
| Plasterers labourers |
10
|
0
|
| Glaziers |
3
|
0
|
| Slaters and tilers |
11
|
0
|
| Masons, stone cutters |
7
|
1
|
| Masons' labourers |
1
|
0
|
| Platelayers |
56
|
0
|
| Paviors, street masons and asphalters |
7
|
0
|
| Other skilled workers |
83
|
0
|
| XV. PAINTERS AND DECORATORS |
472
|
5
|
| Foremen, overlookers |
11
|
0
|
| Aerographers, paint sprayers |
22
|
3
|
| French polishers |
20
|
1
|
| XVI. ADMINISTRATORS, DIRECTORS, MANAGERS (N.E.S.) |
536
|
62
|
| Civil Service higher officers |
8
|
1
|
| Civil Service executive officers |
69
|
14
|
| Local Authority officers |
57
|
7
|
| Secretaries of companies, etc. |
27
|
14
|
| Heads or managers of office departments |
70
|
11
|
| 1. Managers in industrial undertakings |
305
|
15
|
| Mining, ceramics, glass, cement, etc. |
4
|
0
|
| Chemical and allied trades |
11
|
1
|
| Engineering and allied trades |
165
|
2
|
| Textiles and leather goods |
21
|
4
|
| Building and contracting |
37
|
1
|
| XVII. PERSONS EMPLOYED IN TRANSPORT, ETC. |
1,483
|
178
|
| 1. Railway transport workers |
339
|
8
|
| Railway officials |
10
|
0
|
| Locomotive engine drivers; motormen |
89
|
0
|
| Locomotive engine firemen |
70
|
0
|
| Locomotive running shed workers |
24
|
0
|
| Guards |
37
|
0
|
| Signalmen |
31
|
0
|
| Shunters, pointsmen, level crossing men |
15
|
0
|
| Porters (including lampmen) |
46
|
7
|
| 2. Road transport workers |
840
|
53
|
| Passenger transport managers |
5
|
0
|
| Haulage contractors and managers |
18
|
1
|
| Inspectors and foremen (not horse) |
21
|
0
|
| Horse drivers, foremen, grooms |
33
|
1
|
| Drivers of trams and trolleybuses |
1
|
0
|
| Drivers of buses and coaches |
110
|
0
|
| Drivers of other passenger vehicles |
74
|
0
|
| Drivers of goods vehicles |
473
|
6
|
| Lorry drivers' mates, van guards, etc. |
10
|
0
|
| Bus and tram conductors |
63
|
43
|
| Garage proprietors and managers |
18
|
1
|
| 3. Water transport workers |
29
|
1
|
| Ship-owners, brokers, agents; dock, canal officials |
2
|
0
|
| Wharfingers and stevedores |
2
|
0
|
| Navigating officers and pilots |
3
|
0
|
| Other seagoing workers |
15
|
0
|
| Bargemen, boatmen, tugmen |
6
|
1
|
| Dock labourers |
0
|
0
|
| 4. Air transport workers |
4
|
0
|
| 5. Other workers in communications, etc. |
271
|
116
|
| Postmen, post office sorters |
92
|
4
|
| Radio, etc. operators (n.e.s.) |
6
|
11
|
| Telephone operators |
29
|
143
|
| Messengers |
32
|
2
|
| Lift attendants |
2
|
0
|
| Porters (n.e.s.) |
65
|
0
|
| XVIII. COMMERCIAL, FINANCE, ETC. (EXC. CLERICAL) |
1,833
|
1,126
|
| 1. Commercial occupations |
1,632
|
1,109
|
| Owners, etc. of wholesale businesses |
111
|
3
|
| Brokers, agents, factors (n.e.s.) |
15
|
0
|
| Buyers (not manufacturers') |
26
|
17
|
| Sales managers (manufacturers') |
37
|
1
|
| Advertising agents and managers |
9
|
0
|
| Commercial travellers, canvassers |
215
|
10
|
| 1.. Owners, etc. of retail businesses |
563
|
199
|
| Owners, etc. of retail businesses: Grocery, provisions |
100
|
36
|
| Owners, etc. of retail businesses: Greengrocery |
39
|
14
|
| Owners, etc. of retail businesses: Meat |
61
|
1
|
| Owners, etc. of retail businesses: Fish, poultry |
11
|
2
|
| Owners, etc. of retail businesses: Other food goods |
20
|
7
|
| Owners, etc. of retail businesses: Chemists' wares, photographic goods |
11
|
4
|
| Owners, etc. of retail businesses: Confectionary, tobacco, newspapers |
40
|
23
|
| Owners, etc. of retail businesses: General and mixed businesses |
25
|
22
|
| 1.. Salesmen, shop assistants:- |
414
|
835
|
| Salesmen, shop assistants: Grocery, provisions |
75
|
172
|
| Salesmen, shop assistants: Greengrocery |
6
|
27
|
| Salesmen, shop assistants: Meat |
57
|
1
|
| Salesmen, shop assistants: Fish, poultry |
19
|
1
|
| Salesmen, shop assistants: Other food goods |
10
|
53
|
| Salesmen, shop assistants: Chemists' wares, photographic goods |
6
|
47
|
| Salesmen, shop assistants: Confectionary, tobacco, newspapers |
13
|
45
|
| Salesmen, shop assistants: In variety chain stores |
0
|
86
|
| Salesmen, shop assistants: In other general and mixed businesses |
4
|
24
|
| Roundsmen, van salesmen |
126
|
9
|
| Coal carmen, coal hawkers |
49
|
0
|
| Costermongers and other hawkers |
19
|
0
|
| 2. Persons employed in finance and insurance |
201
|
17
|
| Bankers, bank managers, inspectors |
19
|
0
|
| Insurance managers, underwriters |
60
|
4
|
| Insurance agents and canvassers |
67
|
12
|
| Auctioneers, estate agents, valuers |
36
|
1
|
| XIX. PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL (EXC. CLERICAL) |
1,172
|
824
|
| Religious professions |
39
|
15
|
| Clergymen (Church of England) |
18
|
0
|
| Legal professions |
27
|
0
|
| Medical professions |
81
|
11
|
| Physicians, surgeons, etc. |
57
|
11
|
| Dental practitioners |
17
|
0
|
| Veterinary surgeons and practitioners |
7
|
0
|
| Nurses and midwives |
17
|
298
|
| Trained nurses, midwives |
12
|
173
|
| Assistant nurses |
2
|
24
|
| Student nurses |
3
|
84
|
| Nursery nurses |
0
|
17
|
| Medical auxiliary professions |
56
|
41
|
| Pharmacists |
16
|
2
|
| Physiotherapists, masseurs |
1
|
5
|
| Teaching professions |
217
|
337
|
| Teachers of music |
7
|
22
|
| Engineering, etc. professions |
478
|
34
|
| Civil, structural engineers |
61
|
0
|
| Mechanical engineers |
58
|
0
|
| Electrical engineers |
46
|
0
|
| Surveyors |
46
|
0
|
| Architects, town planners |
30
|
1
|
| Industrial designers, draughtsmen |
226
|
33
|
| Scientific professions |
102
|
33
|
| Chemists, metallugists |
23
|
4
|
| Laboratory assistants, technicians |
49
|
25
|
| Qualified accountants |
60
|
1
|
| Authors, journalists, publicists |
20
|
3
|
| Librarians (not booksellers) |
10
|
18
|
| Social welfare workers |
20
|
21
|
| Painters, sculptors, engravers |
8
|
4
|
| XX. PERSONS EMPLOYED IN DEFENCE SERVICES |
531
|
17
|
| 1. Armed forces |
301
|
11
|
| 2. Civilian defence services |
230
|
6
|
| Police superintendants, etc. |
7
|
0
|
| Police, other ranks |
116
|
4
|
| Fire brigade officers and men |
37
|
1
|
| Watchmen |
35
|
0
|
| XXI. PERSONS ENGAGED IN ENTERTAINMENTS AND SPORT |
101
|
18
|
| Actors, variety artistes, entertainers |
8
|
5
|
| Musicians |
4
|
6
|
| Cinematograph operators |
17
|
0
|
| Bookmakers |
17
|
1
|
| XXII. PERSONS ENGAGED IN PERSONAL SERVICE |
618
|
1,933
|
| Proprietors and managers of restaurants |
43
|
50
|
| Lodging and boarding house keepers |
14
|
64
|
| Proprietors and managers of hotels |
7
|
6
|
| Publicans, beersellers, innkeepers |
76
|
26
|
| Barmen, barmaids |
16
|
42
|
| Waiters, waitresses, still room hands |
23
|
104
|
| Restaurant counter hands |
4
|
54
|
| Hall and hotel porters; doorkeepers |
22
|
0
|
| Stewards and matrons in institutions |
1
|
38
|
| Hospital or ward orderlies, attendants |
13
|
31
|
| Barbers, hairdressers, manicurists |
61
|
66
|
| Photographers (not printing trades) |
18
|
10
|
| Caretakers, office keepers |
63
|
14
|
| Charwomen, office cleaners |
16
|
221
|
| Laundry workers, dry cleaners |
40
|
124
|
| Window cleaners |
58
|
0
|
| 1. Domestic servants (indoor):- |
73
|
967
|
| Cooks |
46
|
157
|
| Kitchen hands |
17
|
203
|
| Chambermaids, house, etc., maids |
0
|
61
|
| XXIII. CLERKS, TYPISTS, ETC. |
1,125
|
1,731
|
| Clerks (n.e.s.) |
751
|
700
|
| Shorthand typists, secretaries |
17
|
548
|
| Typists |
0
|
93
|
| Other office machine operators |
3
|
68
|
| Costing and accounting clerks |
354
|
322
|
| XXIV. WAREHOUSEMEN, STOREKEEPERS, PACKERS, ETC. |
493
|
351
|
| Warehousemen |
60
|
1
|
| Storekeepers |
274
|
10
|
| Warehouse and storekeepers' assistants |
73
|
30
|
| XXV. STATIONARY ENGINE DRIVERS, STOKERS, ETC. |
264
|
2
|
| 1. Stationary engine drivers:- |
29
|
0
|
| Underground in mines |
0
|
0
|
| Crane drivers |
58
|
1
|
| Drivers of civil engineering plant |
31
|
0
|
| Slingers and riggers |
34
|
0
|
| Boiler firemen and stokers |
80
|
0
|
| Oilers and greasers |
11
|
1
|
| XXVI. WORKERS IN UNSKILLED OCCUPATIONS (N.E.S.) |
1,402
|
465
|
| Assemblers (n.e.s.) |
18
|
54
|
| 1. Machine minders:- |
265
|
79
|
| Engineering and allied trades |
252
|
55
|
| Labourers, other unskilled workers |
1,119
|
332
|
| XXVII. OTHER AND UNDEFINED WORKERS |
191
|
36
|
| 1. Workers in distribution of gas, water, etc. |
41
|
0
|
| 2. Other workers |
150
|
36
|
| XXVIII. RETIRED AND NOT GAINFULLY OCCUPIED |
2,436
|
14,913
|
| Students in educational institutions |
408
|
369
|
| Retired from gainful occupation |
1,589
|
320
|
| No gainful occupation stated |
393
|
14,218
|
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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.