Falkirk Council : Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Data cube chart.

Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Services
1841 2,060 Show data context 482 Show data context 3,298 Show data context 1,016 Show data context 2,386 Show data context
1861 1,731 Show data context 1,223 Show data context 3,370 Show data context 840 Show data context 1,526 Show data context
1881 1,321 Show data context 1,429 Show data context 5,700 Show data context 1,593 Show data context 3,220 Show data context
1911 2,913 Show data context 8,791 Show data context 15,847 Show data context 6,082 Show data context 10,225 Show data context
1931 2,336 Show data context 6,966 Show data context 18,958 Show data context 6,548 Show data context 14,743 Show data context
1951 2,262 Show data context 4,943 Show data context 23,582 Show data context 7,823 Show data context 14,969 Show data context
1971 1,205 Show data context 1,422 Show data context 22,100 Show data context 9,407 Show data context 22,173 Show data context
1991 462 Show data context 410 Show data context 13,941 Show data context 9,994 Show data context 28,690 Show data context
2001 587 Show data context 482 Show data context 12,068 Show data context 10,968 Show data context 42,094 Show data context
2011 397 Show data context 498 Show data context 8,929 Show data context 12,533 Show data context 53,665 Show data context
2021 540 Show data context 1,061 Show data context 8,585 Show data context 12,695 Show data context 56,530 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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Total number of houses.


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

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Date accessed: 10th April 2026