Dumfries and Galloway Council : Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Data cube chart.

Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Services
1841 21,717 Show data context 674 Show data context 11,359 Show data context 4,011 Show data context 14,245 Show data context
1861 26,179 Show data context 1,165 Show data context 14,695 Show data context 7,137 Show data context 16,747 Show data context
1881 20,811 Show data context 1,708 Show data context 12,061 Show data context 7,709 Show data context 17,696 Show data context
1911 18,761 Show data context 2,020 Show data context 11,088 Show data context 8,451 Show data context 18,388 Show data context
1931 15,598 Show data context 2,438 Show data context 9,268 Show data context 7,151 Show data context 25,090 Show data context
1951 16,315 Show data context 2,135 Show data context 10,312 Show data context 9,852 Show data context 23,895 Show data context
1971 9,533 Show data context 320 Show data context 13,463 Show data context 8,910 Show data context 25,294 Show data context
1991 7,038 Show data context 220 Show data context 10,547 Show data context 9,951 Show data context 31,600 Show data context
2001 5,915 Show data context 228 Show data context 8,551 Show data context 10,307 Show data context 39,355 Show data context
2011 5,433 Show data context 326 Show data context 6,525 Show data context 11,061 Show data context 46,730 Show data context
2021 5,015 Show data context 302 Show data context 6,336 Show data context 10,087 Show data context 45,350 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.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Dumfries and Galloway 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/10089761/cube/IND_SECTOR_5WAY

Date accessed: 10th April 2026