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

Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Data cube chart.

Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Services
1841 7,375 Show data context 6,939 Show data context 17,630 Show data context 3,279 Show data context 9,180 Show data context
1861 9,380 Show data context 12,134 Show data context 24,977 Show data context 5,001 Show data context 8,788 Show data context
1881 8,264 Show data context 22,317 Show data context 36,120 Show data context 12,382 Show data context 25,789 Show data context
1911 4,439 Show data context 27,387 Show data context 19,667 Show data context 8,990 Show data context 18,403 Show data context
1931 4,325 Show data context 21,632 Show data context 21,601 Show data context 10,175 Show data context 27,544 Show data context
1951 4,031 Show data context 9,812 Show data context 27,227 Show data context 11,181 Show data context 23,222 Show data context
1971 2,019 Show data context 1,726 Show data context 41,955 Show data context 14,006 Show data context 41,489 Show data context
1991 2,120 Show data context 280 Show data context 24,913 Show data context 15,525 Show data context 58,805 Show data context
2001 2,081 Show data context 607 Show data context 22,015 Show data context 22,493 Show data context 87,450 Show data context
2011 1,373 Show data context 658 Show data context 13,784 Show data context 24,978 Show data context 110,161 Show data context
2021 1,560 Show data context 844 Show data context 14,086 Show data context 25,650 Show data context 119,576 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, South Lanarkshire 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/10084659/cube/IND_SECTOR_5WAY

Date accessed: 10th April 2026