FOI reference: FOI-2025-3082
You asked
I need data on local district-level industrial employment by disaggregated industry level (e.g. employment in vehicles, not just manufacturing) from the 1971 census for England, Wales and Scotland. Online this is only available for a few selected districts, but I need it for ideally all rural, urban districts, municipal boroughs, etc.
We said
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request.
Although the UK censuses historically take place on the same day, they are run separately by each National Statistics Office (Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency (NISRA), National Records of Scotland (NRS), and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for both England and Wales).
We are only responsible for the census for England and Wales. Scotland and Northern Ireland carry out their own census.
Please find associated download of the Economic Activity leaflets from the 1971 Census for each county, which includes occupation and status by sex. Please note this is a 10% sample of the population.
If you have any questions about the data or would like to discuss this further, please contact census.customerservices@ons.gov.uk.
Downloads associated with request
- 1971 Economic Activity Leaflet - General Explanatory Notes (9.4 MB pdf)
- 1971 Economic Activity Leaflets - counties A to C (38.6 MB pdf)
- 1971 Economic Activity Leaflets - counties D to F (38.4 MB pdf)
- 1971 Economic Activity Leaflets - counties G (39.4 MB pdf)
- 1971 Economic Activity Leaflets - counties H to K (30.6 MB pdf)
- 1971 Economic Activity Leaflets - counties L to M (42.3 MB pdf)
- 1971 Economic Activity Leaflets - counties N to S (57.3 MB pdf)
- 1971 Economic Activity Leaflets - counties W to Y (48.6 MB pdf)