Falkirk Council through time | Historical Statistics on Industry

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Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way)

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Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	2,060	482	3,298	1,016	1,984	253	149
1861	1,731	1,223	3,370	840	1,223	162	141
1881	1,321	1,429	5,700	1,593	2,458	414	348
1911	2,913	8,791	15,847	6,082	6,609	2,151	1,465
1931	2,336	6,966	18,958	6,548	10,472	1,096	3,175
1951	2,262	4,943	23,582	7,823	8,965	706	5,298
1971	1,205	1,422	22,100	9,407	10,245	2,135	9,793
1991	462	410	13,941	9,994	12,825	4,278	11,587
2001	587	482	12,068	10,968	16,602	9,328	16,164
2011	397	498	8,929	12,533	19,541	12,602	21,522
2021	540	1,061	8,585	12,695	17,993	13,953	24,584

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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Here we present how the economic foundations of each locality have changed over time, identifying the traditional sectors of Agriculture, Mining and Manufacturing which dominated many areas in the nineteenth century, but also breaking down Services into those which, broadly, sell directly to consumers; those which deal mainly with other buinesses, including financial services; and public services, including education and health.

Falkirk Council : Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way)

Simplified Industrial Structure (7-way)