Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	90	4
Textiles & clothing	273	152
Wood & paper	66	4
Chemicals	11	1
Low tech	109	2
High tech.	88	1
Other	102	6

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	55	3
Textiles & clothing	110	109
Wood & paper	39	6
Chemicals	7	0
Low tech	56	1
High tech.	31	0
Other	28	3

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	63	3
Textiles & clothing	149	219
Wood & paper	48	17
Chemicals	10	0
Low tech	93	8
High tech.	50	0
Other	75	69

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	189	72
Textiles & clothing	212	437
Wood & paper	57	6
Chemicals	52	9
Low tech	196	6
High tech.	320	10
Other	308	52

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	229	30
Textiles & clothing	144	119
Wood & paper	73	13
Chemicals	108	85
Low tech	179	16
High tech.	639	64
Other	410	125

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	134	28
Textiles & clothing	678	476
Wood & paper	158	9
Chemicals	202	97
Low tech	160	40
High tech.	709	417
Other	557	190

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	117	88
Textiles & clothing	10	107
Wood & paper	215	10
Chemicals	894	379
Low tech	634	223
High tech.	2,495	1,408
Other	1,364	677

Date:	Source:
1841	1841 Census of Great Britain, Occupations, Table [1] , 'Occupation Abstract'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 17 , 'Occupations of Males aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 18 , 'Occupations of Females aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1881 - 1991	Census of Population
1971	1971 Census of England and Wales, Economic activity County Leaflets, Table 3 , 'Industry and status by area of workplace and sex', for 'County, county boroughs, urban areas with populations of 50,000 or more, conurbation centres'

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