Industry (Current) - 22 Categories

Description

The industry classification of people who were in employment in the week before Census Day (21 March 2021). The responses are coded to a modified version of the UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 2007 - UK SIC (2007). Industry is applicable to people aged 16 and over in employment in the week before census (including economically active full-time students in employment). As such, this variable reports 'No code required' for the subset of the population where no response was expected.

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A breakdown of the categories in the variable, by code and label.
Label Code
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1
B Mining and quarrying 2
C Manufacturing 3
D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 4
E Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 5
F Construction 6
G Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motor cycles 7
H Transport and storage 8
I Accommodation and food service activities 9
J Information and communication 10
K Financial and insurance activities 11
L Real estate activities 12
M Professional, scientific and technical activities 13
N Administrative and support service activities 14
O Public administration and defence; compulsory social security 15
P Education 16
Q Human health and social work activities 17
R Arts, entertainment and recreation 18
S Other service activities 19
T Activities of household as employers; undifferentiated goods and services - producing activities of households for own use 20
U Activities of extra-territorial organisations and bodies 21
No code required -8