Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Employment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 8 June 1964.
| Industry | 16th May, 1960 | 11th May, 1959 | ||||||||
| Aberdeen | Aberdeen | |||||||||
| Men | Boys | Women | Girls | Total | Men | Boys | Women | Girls | Total | |
| Agriculture and Horticulture | 118 | 2 | 9 | — | 129 | 127 | 5 | 8 | — | 140 |
| Fishing | 275 | — | — | — | 275 | 135 | 1 | — | — | 136 |
| Bacon curing, Meat and Fish Products | 71 | — | 66 | 3 | 140 | 12 | — | 5 | — | 17 |
| Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing | 132 | — | 1 | — | 133 | 99 | 1 | — | — | 100 |
| Spinning and Doubling of Cotton, Flax and Man-made Fibres | 28 | 1 | 28 | — | 57 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. | 56 | — | 2 | 1 | 59 | 81 | 1 | 1 | — | 83 |
| Timber | 91 | — | 3 | — | 94 | 77 | 6 | 9 | — | 92 |
| Construction | 293 | — | 4 | — | 297 | 373 | 3 | 4 | — | 380 |
| Sea Transport | 95 | 3 | 2 | — | 100 | 139 | 4 | — | — | 143 |
| Distributive Trades | 286 | 2 | 194 | 3 | 485 | 337 | 14 | 251 | 4 | 606 |
| Entertainment and Sport | 49 | — | 4 | 1 | 54 | 52 | — | 9 | — | 61 |
| Catering, Hotels, etc. | 85 | — | 70 | 1 | 156 | 93 | — | 120 | 1 | 214 |
| Private Domestic Service | 14 | — | 33 | 1 | 48 | 17 | .— | 54 | — | 71 |
| Local Government Service | 92 | — | 14 | — | 106 | 107 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 120 |
| Other Industries and Services | 696 | 2 | 247 | 4 | 949 | 1,013 | 15 | 482 | 8 | 1,518 |
| Total, all Industries and Services | 2,381 | 10 | 677 | 14 | 3,082 | 2,662 | 51 | 954 | 14 | 3,681 |
