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

Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way)

Data cube chart.

Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Services
1841 4,252 Show data context 2,416 Show data context 72,536 Show data context 12,980 Show data context 30,779 Show data context
1861 4,173 Show data context 4,778 Show data context 121,493 Show data context 29,525 Show data context 53,695 Show data context
1881 2,000 Show data context 3,119 Show data context 146,701 Show data context 44,608 Show data context 71,931 Show data context
1911 3,912 Show data context 11,125 Show data context 207,577 Show data context 85,831 Show data context 139,817 Show data context
1931 2,493 Show data context 7,645 Show data context 219,374 Show data context 82,987 Show data context 202,480 Show data context
1951 1,014 Show data context 1,513 Show data context 211,286 Show data context 92,679 Show data context 197,558 Show data context
1971 399 Show data context 318 Show data context 124,533 Show data context 78,787 Show data context 213,506 Show data context
1991 250 Show data context 1,468 Show data context 43,867 Show data context 48,049 Show data context 208,357 Show data context
2001 878 Show data context 341 Show data context 21,439 Show data context 33,087 Show data context 159,301 Show data context
2011 239 Show data context 506 Show data context 14,744 Show data context 34,410 Show data context 209,867 Show data context
2021 586 Show data context 1,073 Show data context 18,192 Show data context 34,789 Show data context 239,863 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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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, Glasgow Council (City) through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Simplified Industrial Structure (5-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 08th April 2026