the South East Government Region

Created: 1994  

Statistics

Statistical comparisons will be made with Great Britain (change comparison)

Population

Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.
Industry

Industry

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.
Social Structure

Social Structure

Social class and socio-economic groups. Concentrations of professionals, and of unskilled labourers.
Learning & Language

Learning & Language

How many people were at school. The distribution of graduates, and of the unqualified.
Life & Death

Life & Death

Numbers of babies born. Deaths, especially infant deaths. Causes of death by age and gender.
Work & Poverty

Work & Poverty

Unemployment rates and poor relief. What proportions of men and of women did paid work?
Housing

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.
Birthplace & Religion

Birthplace & Religion

Numbers going to church, and the kinds of churches they went to. The different religions of modern Britain.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Modern (post 1974) County 1996 01 Apr 2020 Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
EAST SUSSEX Modern (post 1974) County 1996   Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
HAMPSHIRE Modern (post 1974) County 1996   Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
ISLE OF WIGHT Modern (post 1974) County 01 Apr 1974 01 Apr 1995 Local Government Act, 1972
KENT Modern (post 1974) County 1996   Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
OXFORDSHIRE Modern (post 1974) County 1996   Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
SURREY Modern (post 1974) County 1996   Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
WEST SUSSEX Modern (post 1974) County 1996   Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
ADUR District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
ARUN District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
ASHFORD District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
AYLESBURY VALE District/Unitary Authority   01 Apr 2020 Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
BASINGSTOKE AND DEANE District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
BRACKNELL FOREST UA District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
BRIGHTON AND HOVE UA District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE UA District/Unitary Authority 01 Apr 2020   United Kingdom Statutory Instrument (The Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019)
CANTERBURY District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
CHERWELL District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
CHICHESTER District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
CHILTERN District/Unitary Authority   01 Apr 2020 Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
CRAWLEY District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
DARTFORD District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
DOVER District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
EASTBOURNE District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
EAST HAMPSHIRE District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
EASTLEIGH District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
ELMBRIDGE District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
EPSOM AND EWELL District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
FAREHAM District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
GOSPORT District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
GRAVESHAM District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
GUILDFORD District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
HART District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
HASTINGS District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
HAVANT District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
HORSHAM District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
ISLE OF WIGHT UA District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
LEWES District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
MAIDSTONE District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
MEDINA District/Unitary Authority 01 Apr 1974 01 Apr 1995 Local Government Act, 1972
MEDWAY UA District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
MID SUSSEX District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
MILTON KEYNES UA District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
MOLE VALLEY District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
NEW FOREST District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
OXFORD District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
PORTSMOUTH UA District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
READING UA District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
REIGATE AND BANSTEAD District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
ROTHER District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
RUNNYMEDE District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
RUSHMOOR District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
SEVENOAKS District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
SLOUGH UA District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
SOUTHAMPTON UA District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
SOUTH BUCKS District/Unitary Authority   01 Apr 2020 Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
SOUTH WIGHT District/Unitary Authority 01 Apr 1974 01 Apr 1995 Local Government Act, 1972
SPELTHORNE District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
SURREY HEATH District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
SWALE District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
TANDRIDGE District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
TEST VALLEY District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
THANET District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
TONBRIDGE AND MALLING District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
TUNBRIDGE WELLS District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
VALE OF WHITE HORSE District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
WAVERLEY District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
WEALDEN District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
WEST BERKSHIRE UA District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
WEST OXFORDSHIRE District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
WINCHESTER District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
WINDSOR AND MAIDENHEAD UA District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
WOKING District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
WOKINGHAM UA District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
WORTHING District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
WYCOMBE District/Unitary Authority   01 Apr 2020 Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
BERKSHIRE Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
BRIGHTON AND HOVE Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
EAST KENT Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
EAST SURREY Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
EAST SUSSEX Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
ISLE OF WIGHT Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
KENT THAMES GATEWAY Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
MEDWAY Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
MID KENT Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
MILTON KEYNES Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
NORTH HAMPSHIRE Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
OXFORDSHIRE Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
PORTSMOUTH Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
SOUTHAMPTON Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
SOUTH HAMPSHIRE Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
WEST KENT Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
WEST SURREY Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
WEST SUSSEX NORTH EAST Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
WEST SUSSEX SOUTH WEST Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
ENGLAND Dep Country 1994   Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)

Boundary Map of the South East Government Region

If the boundaries of the Government Region changed over time, this map will show all the different boundaries.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, the South East Government Region through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10205724

Date accessed: 16th February 2026