Fife Council : Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Data cube chart.

Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Services
1841 10,622 Show data context 2,280 Show data context 25,102 Show data context 4,275 Show data context 9,680 Show data context
1861 14,052 Show data context 4,660 Show data context 28,057 Show data context 6,835 Show data context 11,109 Show data context
1881 12,495 Show data context 6,628 Show data context 28,287 Show data context 7,890 Show data context 14,151 Show data context
1911 10,169 Show data context 28,514 Show data context 32,037 Show data context 15,983 Show data context 24,685 Show data context
1931 8,772 Show data context 28,284 Show data context 29,794 Show data context 14,271 Show data context 38,907 Show data context
1951 7,736 Show data context 24,509 Show data context 37,927 Show data context 17,615 Show data context 41,478 Show data context
1971 4,692 Show data context 8,194 Show data context 38,714 Show data context 18,871 Show data context 57,957 Show data context
1991 2,539 Show data context 1,329 Show data context 32,264 Show data context 17,414 Show data context 76,964 Show data context
2001 3,001 Show data context 1,320 Show data context 28,006 Show data context 21,524 Show data context 101,316 Show data context
2011 1,992 Show data context 1,338 Show data context 17,414 Show data context 22,868 Show data context 123,714 Show data context
2021 2,248 Show data context 1,958 Show data context 16,162 Show data context 23,157 Show data context 128,261 Show data context

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This very simplified view of the changing industrial base of communities does identify the traditional sectors of Agriculture, Mining and Manufacturing which dominated many areas in the nineteenth century, but provides no breakdown of the service sector, in which the large majority of us now work.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Fife Council through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10032829/cube/IND_SECTOR_5WAY

Date accessed: 10th April 2026