Persons of Working Age by Sex & 1951 Occupational Order

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Data for 1951 Sex
1951 Occupational Classification Male Female
Fishermen 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Agriculture 50 Show data context 2 Show data context
Mining & Quarrying 2,314 Show data context 0 Show data context
Ceramics, Glass, Cement, etc 60 Show data context 2 Show data context
Coal, Gas, Chemicals 66 Show data context 20 Show data context
Metal Manufacturing, Engineering 767 Show data context 8 Show data context
Textiles 5 Show data context 5 Show data context
Leather, Fur 32 Show data context 0 Show data context
Textile Goods, Dress 16 Show data context 222 Show data context
Food, Drink, Tobacco 50 Show data context 3 Show data context
Wood, Cane & Cork 76 Show data context 1 Show data context
Paper, Printing 10 Show data context 0 Show data context
Other Products 16 Show data context 14 Show data context
Building 467 Show data context 0 Show data context
Painters & Decorators 62 Show data context 4 Show data context
Administrators, Directors, Managers 71 Show data context 4 Show data context
Transport 489 Show data context 20 Show data context
Commerce, Finance 344 Show data context 316 Show data context
Professional, Technical 214 Show data context 228 Show data context
Defence 98 Show data context 2 Show data context
Entertainment & Sport 22 Show data context 2 Show data context
Personal Service 105 Show data context 398 Show data context
Clerks, Typists, etc 229 Show data context 197 Show data context
Warehousemen, Storekeepers, etc. 74 Show data context 9 Show data context
Stationery Engine Drivers, Stokers 207 Show data context 1 Show data context
Workers in Unskilled Occupations 622 Show data context 156 Show data context
Other & Undefined 50 Show data context 17 Show data context
Retired or Not Gainfully Occupied 1,084 Show data context 6,090 Show data context
Date: Source:
1951 1951 Census of England and Wales, Occupations, 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'

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This classification of industry is that used by the 2011 Census, and forms the basic for our standardisation of historical information on industrial structure. The modern data are a classification of workers by their employers' business and count them by their place of work. However, before 1951 they are counted by place of residence, and before 1921 workers have to be classified by their individual occupations. Here we break the numbers in each industry down by gender, but this is not possible with the 2011 dat...


a, only with the re-districted and re-classified historical statisics.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Tredegar UD through time | Industry Statistics | Persons of Working Age by Sex & 1951 Occupational Order, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 04th November 2024