South Ayrshire Council : Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Data cube chart.

Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Services
1841 4,560 Show data context 1,093 Show data context 9,842 Show data context 1,879 Show data context 5,486 Show data context
1861 6,603 Show data context 4,903 Show data context 14,579 Show data context 3,484 Show data context 6,800 Show data context
1881 5,298 Show data context 5,387 Show data context 11,425 Show data context 4,493 Show data context 8,638 Show data context
1911 2,865 Show data context 3,978 Show data context 10,374 Show data context 5,792 Show data context 10,095 Show data context
1931 2,920 Show data context 4,032 Show data context 11,753 Show data context 6,388 Show data context 15,691 Show data context
1951 2,855 Show data context 3,551 Show data context 13,332 Show data context 7,676 Show data context 16,956 Show data context
1971 1,346 Show data context 1,731 Show data context 13,514 Show data context 7,643 Show data context 21,099 Show data context
1991 1,549 Show data context 100 Show data context 9,431 Show data context 6,841 Show data context 28,126 Show data context
2001 1,550 Show data context 209 Show data context 7,140 Show data context 6,964 Show data context 32,027 Show data context
2011 1,116 Show data context 283 Show data context 4,559 Show data context 6,974 Show data context 37,126 Show data context
2021 996 Show data context 273 Show data context 4,597 Show data context 6,805 Show data context 36,433 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, South Ayrshire 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/10039733/cube/IND_SECTOR_5WAY

Date accessed: 08th April 2026