Aberdeen City Council (City) : Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Data cube chart.

Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Services
1841 1,792 Show data context 95 Show data context 12,925 Show data context 2,612 Show data context 7,707 Show data context
1861 2,526 Show data context 425 Show data context 15,222 Show data context 4,700 Show data context 11,916 Show data context
1881 2,158 Show data context 1,134 Show data context 17,658 Show data context 7,518 Show data context 15,472 Show data context
1911 5,606 Show data context 2,204 Show data context 26,440 Show data context 14,716 Show data context 24,434 Show data context
1931 5,885 Show data context 173 Show data context 23,124 Show data context 12,270 Show data context 39,003 Show data context
1951 4,069 Show data context 114 Show data context 22,537 Show data context 16,898 Show data context 39,320 Show data context
1971 2,755 Show data context 165 Show data context 19,920 Show data context 14,774 Show data context 49,906 Show data context
1991 669 Show data context 16,073 Show data context 18,005 Show data context 19,922 Show data context 77,888 Show data context
2001 772 Show data context 9,118 Show data context 10,262 Show data context 14,397 Show data context 71,237 Show data context
2011 288 Show data context 10,714 Show data context 8,324 Show data context 14,792 Show data context 86,096 Show data context
2021 412 Show data context 10,959 Show data context 7,685 Show data context 13,189 Show data context 81,199 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, Aberdeen City Council (City) through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10192985/cube/IND_SECTOR_5WAY

Date accessed: 08th April 2026