Vision of Britain | 1951 Census: Occupations

1951 Census of England and Wales, Occupation Tables (Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 4 (1), Census Act, 1920), Table 21 : " Selected Occupations with Status Aggregates - abridged analysis for Con divisions and sub-divisions, Urban Areas with population of less than 50,000, RD, NT".

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Occupation	Persons [1]
MALES: Total Population.	68,493
Total Occupied Population aged 15 and over.	50,591
Total occupied (orders I-XXVII).	44,979
Retired.	5,612
Employers.	741
Managers.	1,703
Operatives.	39,352
Self-employed.	1,738
Unemployed.	1,445
I. Fishermen.	7
II. Agricultural, etc. occupations.	505
III. Mining and quarring occupations.	13
IV. Workers in ceramics, glass, cement, etc.	55
V. Coal gas, etc. makers, workers in chemicals.	696
VI. Workers in metal manufacture, engineering.	9,083
VII. Textile workers.	43
VIII. Leather workers, fur dressers.	207
IX. Makers of textile goods and articles of dress.	173
X. Makers of foods, drinks and tobacco.	459
XI. Workers wood, cane and cork.	1,265
XII. Makers of, workers in, paper; printers.	315
XIII. Makers of products (n.e.s.).	191
XIV. Workers in building and contracting.	2,791
XV. Painters and decorators.	901
XVI. Administrators, directors, managers (n.e.s.).	936
XVII. Persons employed in transport, etc.	9,197
XVIII. Commercial, finance, etc. (exc. Clerical).	3,490
XIX. Professional and technical (exc. Clerical).	1,892
XX. Persons employed in defence services.	1,254
XXI. Persons engaged in entertainments and sport.	189
XXII. Persons engaged in personal service.	1,058
XXIII. Clerks, typists, etc.	2,924
XXIV. Warehousemen, storekeepers, packers, etc.	786
XXV. Stationary engine drivers, stokers, etc.	876
XXVI. Workers in unskilled occupations (n.e.s.).	5,229
XXVII. Other and undefined workers.	444
XXVIII. Retired and not gainfully occupied.	5,612
FEMALES: Total Population.	74,008
Total Occupied Population aged 15 and over.	56,974
Total occupied (orders I-XXVII).	18,961
Retired.	38,013
Employers.	108
Managers.	410
Operatives.	17,178
Self-employed.	675
Unemployed.	590
II. Agricultural, etc. occupations.	76
VI. Workers in metal manufacture, engineering.	193
VII. Textile workers.	120
VIII. Leather workers, fur dressers.	49
IX. Makers of textile goods and articles of dress.	701
X. Makers of foods, drinks and tobacco.	334
XII. Makers of, workers in, paper; printers.	270
XVI. Administrators, directors, mangeresses.	102
XVII. Persons employed in transport, etc.	431
XVIII. Commercial, finance, etc.(exc. Clerical).	3,121
XIX. Professional and technical (exc. clerical).	1,741
XXII. Persons engaged in personal service.	4,699
XXIII. Clerks, typists, etc.	4,843
XXIV. Warehousewomen, storekeepers, packers, etc.	890
XXVI. Workers in unskilled occupations (n.e.s.).	1,019
I,III-V,XI,XIII-XV,XX,XXI,XXV,XXVII Others.	372

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