South Ayrshire Council : Finance & Business Services

R_IND_BUS = (IND_SECTOR_7WAY:bus * 100.0) / INDUSTRY_TOT:total

Data Role Period Covered Authority Source Details Method
IND_SECTOR_7WAY:bus 1841 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1841 Census of Great Britain, Occupations, Table [1] , 'Occupation Abstract' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
IND_SECTOR_7WAY:bus 1861 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1861 Census of Scotland, Ages, Table [26] , 'Summary Table of the Occupations of the People in Scotland' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
IND_SECTOR_7WAY:bus 1881 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1881 Census of Scotland, Ages, Table [32] , 'Occupations of Males and Females at different Ages in each of the Counties of Scotland' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
IND_SECTOR_7WAY:bus 1911 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 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' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
IND_SECTOR_7WAY:bus 1931 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1931 Census of Scotland, Occupations, Table 16 , 'Industries of Males and Females in Cities, Counties, and Large Burghs' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
IND_SECTOR_7WAY:bus 1951 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1951 Census of Scotland, Occupations, Table 13 , 'Industry of Occupied Population by place of work', for 'Cities, Counties and Large Burghs' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
IND_SECTOR_7WAY:bus 1971 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 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' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
IND_SECTOR_7WAY:bus 1991 CEN Census of Population Census of Population Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
IND_SECTOR_7WAY:bus 2001 ScotCen Scotland's Census National Records of Scotland, Scotland's Census (Table UV34, Industry (17 way)) Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
IND_SECTOR_7WAY:bus 2011 NOMIS NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table KS605UK - Industry) Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
IND_SECTOR_7WAY:bus 2021 ScotCen Scotland's Census National Records of Scotland, Scotland's Census (Table UV605, "Industry") Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area

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The growth of this sector reflects the large expansion of financial services, especially in the south-east of England, but also the growth of many other kinds of specialist services like advertising, architecture and design, and also a growing tendency for companies to contract out work like office cleaning rather than employing their own staff.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, South Ayrshire Council through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Rate: Finance & Business Services, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10039733/cube/IND_BUS

Date accessed: 08th April 2026