North Ayrshire Council through time | Historical Statistics on Industry

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Total employed in all industries

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Year	Empl. in all industries
1841	9,906
1861	15,718
1881	15,444
1911	33,504
1931	38,545
1951	39,959
1971	42,120
2001	55,264
2011	58,855
2021	59,004

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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Total number of persons in employment across all industrial sectors.

North Ayrshire Council : Total employed in all industries

Total employed in all industries