Shetland Islands Council : Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Data cube chart.

Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Services
1841 5,346 Show data context 10 Show data context 1,717 Show data context 485 Show data context 2,565 Show data context
1861 7,307 Show data context 77 Show data context 2,348 Show data context 863 Show data context 2,227 Show data context
1881 5,963 Show data context 48 Show data context 1,171 Show data context 929 Show data context 1,937 Show data context
1911 6,751 Show data context 16 Show data context 4,129 Show data context 1,661 Show data context 1,695 Show data context
1931 3,636 Show data context 4 Show data context 2,437 Show data context 1,206 Show data context 2,368 Show data context
1951 2,489 Show data context 38 Show data context 785 Show data context 1,296 Show data context 2,370 Show data context
1971 1,030 Show data context 0 Show data context 1,060 Show data context 1,300 Show data context 3,100 Show data context
1991 1,050 Show data context 800 Show data context 946 Show data context 2,154 Show data context 5,281 Show data context
2001 932 Show data context 266 Show data context 1,077 Show data context 2,334 Show data context 6,771 Show data context
2011 775 Show data context 205 Show data context 820 Show data context 2,955 Show data context 8,206 Show data context
2021 1,063 Show data context 344 Show data context 915 Show data context 2,214 Show data context 7,800 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, Shetland Islands 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/10168326/cube/IND_SECTOR_5WAY

Date accessed: 08th April 2026