Yorkshire and The Humber: Industry

Location Type: Regions, ONS Geographic Code: E12000003

Key Facts

All Residents	5,480,774
Male	2,689,092
Female	2,791,685
Households	2,330,658
Population Density (people/km2)	355.8

Related Census Areas
Is within
- England
  Country
Borders with
- North East
  Regions
- North West
  Regions
- East Midlands
  Regions
Overlaps with
- Staithes
  Built Up Areas
- Holton le Clay
  Built Up Areas
- Harworth and Bircotes
  Built Up Areas
- Highlane
  Built Up Areas
- Shireoaks
  Built Up Areas
Contains
- West Yorkshire
  Combined Authorities
- South Yorkshire
  Combined Authorities
- West Yorkshire
  Metropolitan Counties
- South Yorkshire
  Metropolitan Counties
- North Yorkshire
  Counties
- York
  Unitary Authorities
- North Lincolnshire
  Unitary Authorities
- North East Lincolnshire
  Unitary Authorities
- East Riding of Yorkshire
  Unitary Authorities
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
  Unitary Authorities

Table Code	ts060
Issued	2022-12-08
Unit of Measure	Person
Number of Response Options	88

Description
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This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents aged 16 years and over in employment the week before the census in England and Wales by industry. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

Summary

Classifies people aged 16 years and over who were in employment between 15 March and 21 March 2021 by the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code that represents their current industry or business.

The SIC code is assigned based on the information provided about a firm or organisation’s main activity.

Industry (current): Total: All usual residents aged 16 years and over in employment the week before the census	2,461,372
A: Agriculture, Forestry and fishing	23,812
01 Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities	22,521
02 Forestry and logging	503
03 Fishing and aquaculture	788
B: Mining and quarrying	4,044
05 Mining of coal and lignite	302
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas	2,262
07 Mining of metal ores	38
08 Other mining and quarrying	1,205
09 Mining support service activities	237
C: Manufacturing	231,427
10 Manufacture of food products	44,385
11 Manufacture of beverages	4,269
12 Manufacture of tobacco products	88
13 Manufacture of textiles	8,126
14 Manufacture of wearing apparel	4,279
15 Manufacture of leather and related products	541
16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles o	2,697
17 Manufacture of paper and paper products	2,569
18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media	11,457
19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	2,117
20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	7,221
21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	5,721
22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	11,270
23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	7,607
24 Manufacture of basic metals	13,513
25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	18,160
26 Manufacture of computer, electrical and optical products	5,566
27 Manufacture of electrical equipment	4,343
28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment not otherwise specified	10,439
29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	13,057
30 Manufacture of other transport equipment	2,930
31 Manufacture of furniture	15,129
32 Other Manufacturing	32,047
33 Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	3,896
D: Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	14,706
35 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	14,706
E: Water supply; Sewerage, Waste management and Remediation activities	18,796
36 Water collection, treatment and supply	6,982
37 Sewerage	1,098
38 Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery	10,126
39 Remediation activities and other waste management services	590
F: Construction	212,458
41 Construction of buildings; 42 Civil engineering; 43 Specialised construction activities	212,458
G: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	410,882
45 Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	44,253
46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	80,354
47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	276,482
48 Wholesale and retail not otherwise specified	9,793
H: Transport and storage	127,725
49 Land transport and transport via pipelines	69,059
50 Water transport	2,397
51 Air transport	2,416
52 Warehousing and support activities for transportation	27,409
53 Postal and courier activities	26,444
I: Accommodation and food service activities	120,515
55 Accommodation	16,359
56 Food and beverage service activities	104,156
J: Information and communication	77,453
58 Publishing activities	3,333
59 Motion picture, video and television production, sound recording and music publishing activities	4,387
60 Programming and broadcasting activities	2,659
61 Telecommunications	18,414
62 Computer programming, consultancy and related activities	46,871
63 Information service activities	1,789
K: Financial and insurance activities	74,133
64 Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	36,310
65 Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	20,276
66 Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	17,547
L: Real estate activities	29,760
68 Real estate activities	29,760
M: Professional, scientific and technical activities	126,856
69 Legal and accounting activities	46,238
70 Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	13,678
71 Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis	29,259
72 Scientific research and development	7,661
73 Advertising and market research	13,064
74 Other professional, scientific and technical activities	11,066
75 Veterinary activities	5,890
N: Administrative and support service activities	119,513
77 Rental and leasing activities	7,793
78 Employment activities	14,331
79 Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities	6,682
80 Security and investigation activities	13,013
81 Services to buildings and landscape activities	55,861
82 Office administrative, office support and other business support activities	21,833
O: Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	146,215
84 Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	146,215
P: Education	245,730
85 Education	245,730
Q: Human health and social work activities	377,615
86 Human health activities	229,037
87 Residential care activities	39,009
88 Social work activities without accommodation	109,569
R, S, T, U Other	99,732
90 Creative, arts and entertainment activities	14,610
91 Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities	5,778
92 Gambling and betting activities	6,607
93 Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	22,030
94 Activities of membership organisations	10,590
95 Repair of computers and personal and household goods	2,244
96 Other personal service activities	36,925
97 Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel	698
98 Undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of private households for own use	0
99 Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies	250

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