Renfrewshire Council : Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Data cube chart.

Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Services
1841 2,325 Show data context 550 Show data context 17,232 Show data context 1,182 Show data context 4,142 Show data context
1861 2,835 Show data context 1,235 Show data context 23,418 Show data context 3,018 Show data context 5,784 Show data context
1881 1,869 Show data context 1,020 Show data context 24,222 Show data context 4,599 Show data context 8,515 Show data context
1911 1,699 Show data context 778 Show data context 35,905 Show data context 8,965 Show data context 17,100 Show data context
1931 1,512 Show data context 285 Show data context 38,119 Show data context 7,398 Show data context 22,599 Show data context
1951 1,070 Show data context 124 Show data context 42,663 Show data context 9,407 Show data context 22,531 Show data context
1971 497 Show data context 30 Show data context 32,951 Show data context 12,052 Show data context 31,384 Show data context
1991 325 Show data context 79 Show data context 18,193 Show data context 12,766 Show data context 41,527 Show data context
2001 523 Show data context 174 Show data context 12,338 Show data context 13,355 Show data context 52,806 Show data context
2011 192 Show data context 218 Show data context 7,741 Show data context 12,885 Show data context 61,090 Show data context
2021 334 Show data context 476 Show data context 8,103 Show data context 13,534 Show data context 69,824 Show data context

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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.


How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/10080680/cube/IND_SECTOR_5WAY

Date accessed: 09th April 2026