Occupation data classified by the Booth main sectors plus sex

No chart.

Data for 1841 Sex
Booth-Armstrong Industrial Sectors Male Female
Agriculture 97,404 Show data context 5,831 Show data context
Mining 31,778 Show data context 605 Show data context
Building: Management 17,457 Show data context 53 Show data context
Manufacturing 46,945 Show data context 7,684 Show data context
Transport 5,051 Show data context 116 Show data context
Dealing 12,715 Show data context 3,154 Show data context
Industrial Service 18,804 Show data context 825 Show data context
Public Service & Professional 6,197 Show data context 753 Show data context
Domestic Service 11,919 Show data context 54,372 Show data context
Property Owning & Independent 29 Show data context 1 Show data context
Date: Source:
1841 1841 Census of Great Britain, Occupations, Table [1] , 'Occupation Abstract'

This website exists to help people doing personal research projects on particular areas within a locality. So long as you are using our data for only a small number of units, you are not making money out of what you are doing, and you are not systematically re-publishing our data, you do not need to request permission from us, but you do need to acknowledge us as your source with the wording:

"This work is based on data provided through www.VisionofBritain.org.uk and uses historical material which is copyright of the Great Britain Historical GIS Project and the University of Portsmouth".

Where the above statement is included in a web page or similar online resource, the reference to "www.VisionofBritain.org.uk" must be a working hyperlink.

nCube definition


This data matrix presents a highly simplified version of the 1841 occupational data, using the ten main sectors in the Booth-Armstrong industrial classification. Workers are also classified by sex but not by age.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Wales Dep through time | Industry Statistics | Occupation data classified by the Booth main sectors plus sex, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10001055/cube/IND_BOOTH1841_SEC

Date accessed: 26th April 2024