In the 18th century, the area was inhabited by several villages, including one colony of German settlers called "Josefstad".

[1] In the 1960s this led to the need to make the area a new urban district.

[5] The Industrialnyi District was created on 23 May 1969[1][5] by splitting away the eastern and northern parts of the Amur-Nyzhniodniprovskyi District that predominantly contain areas of heavy industry.

[6] The major factory of the district is the Nyzhniodniprovsk Pipe-rolling Factory [uk; ru; de] that is owned by the Ukrainian Interpipe Group.

[5] Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:[7]