Aberdeenshire Council : Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Data cube chart.

Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Services
1841 31,868 Show data context 252 Show data context 11,159 Show data context 4,021 Show data context 18,704 Show data context
1861 38,790 Show data context 476 Show data context 13,287 Show data context 5,680 Show data context 18,186 Show data context
1881 37,458 Show data context 1,050 Show data context 12,628 Show data context 5,860 Show data context 18,922 Show data context
1911 32,807 Show data context 881 Show data context 14,482 Show data context 8,199 Show data context 20,719 Show data context
1931 28,136 Show data context 413 Show data context 12,765 Show data context 6,972 Show data context 26,406 Show data context
1951 24,344 Show data context 372 Show data context 12,418 Show data context 8,068 Show data context 21,088 Show data context
1971 14,483 Show data context 187 Show data context 16,718 Show data context 7,807 Show data context 22,576 Show data context
1991 8,971 Show data context 1,847 Show data context 11,239 Show data context 11,087 Show data context 37,341 Show data context
2001 6,986 Show data context 7,373 Show data context 14,378 Show data context 17,199 Show data context 66,951 Show data context
2011 5,916 Show data context 9,951 Show data context 13,731 Show data context 20,252 Show data context 85,100 Show data context
2021 5,447 Show data context 12,473 Show data context 13,346 Show data context 18,793 Show data context 83,539 Show data context
Date Source
1841 1841 Census of Great Britain, Occupations, Table [1] , 'Occupation Abstract'
1861 1861 Census of Scotland, Ages, Table [26] , 'Summary Table of the Occupations of the People in Scotland'
1881 1881 Census of Scotland, Ages, Table [32] , 'Occupations of Males and Females at different Ages in each of the Counties of Scotland'
1911 1911 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 22 , 'Occupations of males and females aged 10 years and upwards, in eleven groups of ages, and by status'
1931 1931 Census of Scotland, Occupations, Table 16 , 'Industries of Males and Females in Cities, Counties, and Large Burghs'
1951 1951 Census of Scotland, Occupations, Table 13 , 'Industry of Occupied Population by place of work', for 'Cities, Counties and Large Burghs'
1971 1971 Census of Scotland, Economic activity, Table 3 , 'Industry and status by area of workplace and sex (10% sample)', for 'Planning sub-regions, cities, counties, large burghs, county remainders, conurbation centre, new towns'
1991 Census of Population
2001 National Records of Scotland, Scotland's Census (Table UV34, Industry (17 way))
2011 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table KS605UK - Industry)
2021 National Records of Scotland, Scotland's Census (Table UV605, "Industry")

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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.


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

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Date accessed: 08th April 2026