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.	21,460
Total Occupied Population aged 15 and over.	16,950
Total occupied (orders I-XXVII).	14,151
Retired.	2,799
Employers.	594
Managers.	1,061
Operatives.	10,976
Self-employed.	1,245
Unemployed.	275
I. Fishermen.	2
II. Agricultural, etc. occupations.	587
III. Mining and quarring occupations.	20
IV. Workers in ceramics, glass, cement, etc.	11
V. Coal gas, etc. makers, workers in chemicals.	46
VI. Workers in metal manufacture, engineering.	1,335
VII. Textile workers.	16
VIII. Leather workers, fur dressers.	77
IX. Makers of textile goods and articles of dress.	128
X. Makers of foods, drinks and tobacco.	197
XI. Workers wood, cane and cork.	394
XII. Makers of, workers in, paper; printers.	106
XIII. Makers of products (n.e.s.).	100
XIV. Workers in building and contracting.	649
XV. Painters and decorators.	424
XVI. Administrators, directors, managers (n.e.s.).	827
XVII. Persons employed in transport, etc.	1,716
XVIII. Commercial, finance, etc. (exc. Clerical).	2,201
XIX. Professional and technical (exc. Clerical).	1,045
XX. Persons employed in defence services.	664
XXI. Persons engaged in entertainments and sport.	133
XXII. Persons engaged in personal service.	1,001
XXIII. Clerks, typists, etc.	1,515
XXIV. Warehousemen, storekeepers, packers, etc.	215
XXV. Stationary engine drivers, stokers, etc.	122
XXVI. Workers in unskilled occupations (n.e.s.).	466
XXVII. Other and undefined workers.	154
XXVIII. Retired and not gainfully occupied.	2,799
FEMALES: Total Population.	29,005
Total Occupied Population aged 15 and over.	24,446
Total occupied (orders I-XXVII).	8,669
Retired.	15,777
Employers.	81
Managers.	225
Operatives.	7,754
Self-employed.	433
Unemployed.	176
II. Agricultural, etc. occupations.	30
VI. Workers in metal manufacture, engineering.	17
VII. Textile workers.	65
VIII. Leather workers, fur dressers.	1
IX. Makers of textile goods and articles of dress.	358
X. Makers of foods, drinks and tobacco.	92
XII. Makers of, workers in, paper; printers.	16
XVI. Administrators, directors, mangeresses.	138
XVII. Persons employed in transport, etc.	210
XVIII. Commercial, finance, etc.(exc. Clerical).	1,287
XIX. Professional and technical (exc. clerical).	1,009
XXII. Persons engaged in personal service.	3,114
XXIII. Clerks, typists, etc.	2,138
XXIV. Warehousewomen, storekeepers, packers, etc.	53
XXVI. Workers in unskilled occupations (n.e.s.).	41
I,III-V,XI,XIII-XV,XX,XXI,XXV,XXVII Others.	100

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