 | Statistics| Population | Airport traffic | | 1975 | 185,000 | 1971 | 140,000 | | 1981 | 204,885 | 1988 | 1,604,928 | | 1994 | 219,090 | 1994-5 | 2,157,000 | | | Wages | | GB Weekly, £ | Grampian (male) weekly, £ | Grampian wage
(as of GB weekly wage) | | 1974 | 47.7 | 45.2 | 95% | | 1984 | 178.8 | 209.1 | 117% | | 1994 | 362.1 | 382.1 | 106% | | | Average house prices | | GB £ | Aberdeen area £ | | | 1974 | 11,300 | 10,072 | | | 1984 | 30,811 | 39,325 | | | 1994 | 68,892 | 70,925 | |
Statistics taken from an information board from the Maritime Museum in Aberdeen clearly show the effects of the growth of the oil industry on Aberdeen and the north east of Scotland. This source highlights changes in population (1975-1981) and the increase in airport traffic (1971-1988), as well as comparing wages and average house prices in Aberdeen and the north east of Scotland with the rest of Britain. |  | |
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