West Lothian Council : Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

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Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Services
1841 2,944 Show data context 739 Show data context 3,074 Show data context 1,211 Show data context 3,052 Show data context
1861 4,054 Show data context 3,463 Show data context 4,454 Show data context 1,774 Show data context 3,619 Show data context
1881 3,015 Show data context 3,662 Show data context 5,637 Show data context 2,545 Show data context 5,328 Show data context
1911 2,203 Show data context 9,428 Show data context 6,750 Show data context 3,194 Show data context 6,618 Show data context
1931 1,957 Show data context 9,649 Show data context 7,968 Show data context 3,358 Show data context 8,918 Show data context
1951 1,818 Show data context 8,381 Show data context 8,249 Show data context 4,448 Show data context 8,091 Show data context
1971 799 Show data context 4,100 Show data context 14,906 Show data context 6,450 Show data context 15,276 Show data context
1991 790 Show data context 90 Show data context 15,810 Show data context 8,014 Show data context 27,335 Show data context
2001 1,000 Show data context 256 Show data context 15,224 Show data context 12,044 Show data context 49,140 Show data context
2011 513 Show data context 263 Show data context 9,757 Show data context 13,089 Show data context 63,041 Show data context
2021 622 Show data context 471 Show data context 9,154 Show data context 14,060 Show data context 67,664 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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Numbers of the two sexes tend to be balanced. Military bases led to higher proportions of men, while large numbers of domestic servants created concentrations of women.


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

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Date accessed: 09th April 2026