Oxfordshire Administrative County (pre-1974) : Industry Statistics

Created: 1889   Abolished: 1974

These simple graphs compare Oxfordshire with national trends:

Time Series Period Covered Description
Agriculture 1931 to 1951 Today agriculture (including fishing) is a tiny sector, employing under 2% of the workforce. Even …
Finance & Business Services 1931 to 1951 The growth of this sector reflects the large expansion of financial services, especially in the sou…
Manufacturing 1931 to 1951 Despite Britain's reputation as the 'workshop of the world', manufacturing employed only slightly m…
Mining 1931 to 1951 Mining has never been a large part of the national economy. Even at its peak in the early 20th cent…
Public Services 1931 to 1951 This sector covers local and central government, including defence, plus health and education (incl…

We hold these detailed statistics for Oxfordshire, which we graph and tabulate here:

Time Series Period Covered Variables (number of categories)
Industrial Order (1931) by Sex 1931 Sex (2)
1931 Industrial Orders (22)
Industrial Order (1951) by Sex 1951 Sex (2)
1951 Industrial Orders (25)
Persons Aged over 10 by Sex, Age & 1911 Occupational Order 1911 Sex (2)
1911 Occupation Tables Age Groups (14)
1911 Occupational Classification (23)
Persons of Working Age by Sex & 1911 Occupational Order 1911 Sex (2)
1911 Occupational Classification (23)
Persons of Working Age by Sex & 1921 Occupational Order 1921 Sex (2)
1921 Occupational Classification (31)
Persons of Working Age by Sex & 1931 Occupational Order 1931 Sex (2)
1931 Occupational Classification (32)
Persons of Working Age by Sex & 1951 Occupational Order 1951 Sex (2)
1951 Occupational Classification (28)
Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way) 1931 to 1951 Industry Sector (5)
Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way) 1931 to 1951 Industry Sector (7)
Standard Industrial Classification (2007), by sex 1931 to 1951 Sex (2)
2011 Industrial Classification (20)
Standardised Industrial Classification (1968) by Sex 1971 Sex (2)
Standard Industrial Classification (1968) (28)
Total employed in all industries 1921 to 1951 Employed in all Industries (2)
Working age population by Sector 1921 to 1951 Cambridge Group Industrial Sector (5)

Read more about how we hold statistics here.