Cambridgeshire and Peterborough: Industry

Location Type: Combined Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E47000008

Key Facts

All Residents	894,519
Male	442,075
Female	452,448
Households	362,167

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Combined Authorities. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. They may not, therefore, be precisely accurate. Age-standardised statistics and population density are not available for aggregated datasets.

Related Census Areas
Is within
- England
  Country
- East of England
  Regions
Borders with

No equivalent neighbouring areas found.
Overlaps with
- Tydd Gote
  Built Up Areas
- Newmarket
  Built Up Areas
- Kentford
  Built Up Areas
- Red Lodge
  Built Up Areas
- Wansford
  Built Up Areas
- Wittering
  Built Up Areas
- Elm and Emneth
  Built Up Areas
- Deeping St James
  Built Up Areas
- Wisbech
  Built Up Areas
- Market Deeping
  Built Up Areas
- St Neots
  Built Up Areas
Contains
- Cambridgeshire
  Counties
- Peterborough
  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	437,040
A: Agriculture, Forestry and fishing	5,604
01 Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities	5,502
02 Forestry and logging	59
03 Fishing and aquaculture	43
B: Mining and quarrying	309
05 Mining of coal and lignite	14
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas	142
07 Mining of metal ores	2
08 Other mining and quarrying	122
09 Mining support service activities	29
C: Manufacturing	40,008
10 Manufacture of food products	7,513
11 Manufacture of beverages	336
12 Manufacture of tobacco products	12
13 Manufacture of textiles	556
14 Manufacture of wearing apparel	429
15 Manufacture of leather and related products	162
16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles o	353
17 Manufacture of paper and paper products	810
18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media	2,247
19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	37
20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	1,104
21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	4,284
22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	1,310
23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	714
24 Manufacture of basic metals	422
25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	2,303
26 Manufacture of computer, electrical and optical products	3,205
27 Manufacture of electrical equipment	896
28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment not otherwise specified	2,531
29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	1,636
30 Manufacture of other transport equipment	1,229
31 Manufacture of furniture	779
32 Other Manufacturing	6,319
33 Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	821
D: Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	1,443
35 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	1,443
E: Water supply; Sewerage, Waste management and Remediation activities	3,280
36 Water collection, treatment and supply	1,745
37 Sewerage	174
38 Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery	1,309
39 Remediation activities and other waste management services	52
F: Construction	32,965
41 Construction of buildings; 42 Civil engineering; 43 Specialised construction activities	32,965
G: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	61,692
45 Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	7,092
46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	12,850
47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	40,248
48 Wholesale and retail not otherwise specified	1,502
H: Transport and storage	19,699
49 Land transport and transport via pipelines	10,429
50 Water transport	131
51 Air transport	445
52 Warehousing and support activities for transportation	4,115
53 Postal and courier activities	4,579
I: Accommodation and food service activities	17,457
55 Accommodation	2,204
56 Food and beverage service activities	15,253
J: Information and communication	27,264
58 Publishing activities	2,889
59 Motion picture, video and television production, sound recording and music publishing activities	847
60 Programming and broadcasting activities	393
61 Telecommunications	2,994
62 Computer programming, consultancy and related activities	19,641
63 Information service activities	500
K: Financial and insurance activities	10,735
64 Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	3,584
65 Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	3,849
66 Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	3,302
L: Real estate activities	5,530
68 Real estate activities	5,530
M: Professional, scientific and technical activities	36,987
69 Legal and accounting activities	7,636
70 Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	3,677
71 Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis	7,780
72 Scientific research and development	11,816
73 Advertising and market research	2,399
74 Other professional, scientific and technical activities	2,338
75 Veterinary activities	1,341
N: Administrative and support service activities	22,006
77 Rental and leasing activities	1,055
78 Employment activities	3,245
79 Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities	1,147
80 Security and investigation activities	2,169
81 Services to buildings and landscape activities	10,693
82 Office administrative, office support and other business support activities	3,697
O: Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	21,647
84 Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	21,647
P: Education	53,588
85 Education	53,588
Q: Human health and social work activities	58,812
86 Human health activities	37,803
87 Residential care activities	5,418
88 Social work activities without accommodation	15,591
R, S, T, U Other	18,014
90 Creative, arts and entertainment activities	2,907
91 Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities	1,332
92 Gambling and betting activities	431
93 Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	3,663
94 Activities of membership organisations	2,631
95 Repair of computers and personal and household goods	422
96 Other personal service activities	5,847
97 Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel	153
98 Undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of private households for own use	0
99 Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies	628

These values are calculated by adding up the values for census output areas contained within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. They may, therefore, be slightly inaccurate due to administrative boundaries not precisely aligning with census boundaries.

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