Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	496	26
B: Mining & quarrying	83	1
C: Manufacturing	1,505	634
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	286	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	91	19
H: Transport & storage	113	5
I: Accommodation & catering	37	24
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	2	0
L: Real estate activities.	2	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	28	0
N: Administrative & support	109	2
O: Public administration & defence	58	0
P: Education	19	8
Q: Human health & social work	14	1
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	28	8
T: Activities of households	86	406
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	645	116
B: Mining & quarrying	210	0
C: Manufacturing	1,507	1,040
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	4	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	0
F: Construction	344	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	147	64
H: Transport & storage	266	6
I: Accommodation & catering	19	23
J: Information & communication	2	0
K: Financial & insurance	8	0
L: Real estate activities.	27	36
M: Professional, scientific & technical	21	0
N: Administrative & support	47	1
O: Public administration & defence	25	1
P: Education	23	19
Q: Human health & social work	7	4
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	26	46
T: Activities of households	45	385
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	472	186
B: Mining & quarrying	392	5
C: Manufacturing	4,613	1,613
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	11	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	5	1
F: Construction	908	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	415	204
H: Transport & storage	459	18
I: Accommodation & catering	17	75
J: Information & communication	10	7
K: Financial & insurance	39	4
L: Real estate activities.	10	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	63	3
N: Administrative & support	158	5
O: Public administration & defence	85	6
P: Education	40	75
Q: Human health & social work	16	30
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	59	84
T: Activities of households	230	775
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	647	166
B: Mining & quarrying	739	13
C: Manufacturing	17,513	3,371
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	79	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	73	0
F: Construction	1,266	6
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,067	768
H: Transport & storage	1,957	144
I: Accommodation & catering	209	118
J: Information & communication	20	6
K: Financial & insurance	197	14
L: Real estate activities.	23	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	188	11
N: Administrative & support	619	361
O: Public administration & defence	199	8
P: Education	110	244
Q: Human health & social work	77	166
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	206	385
T: Activities of households	280	1,327
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	471	70
B: Mining & quarrying	591	11
C: Manufacturing	18,511	4,110
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	271	18
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	88	0
F: Construction	1,242	54
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,270	1,962
H: Transport & storage	2,033	217
I: Accommodation & catering	308	289
J: Information & communication	6	4
K: Financial & insurance	292	93
L: Real estate activities.	89	23
M: Professional, scientific & technical	170	101
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,210	141
P: Education	216	538
Q: Human health & social work	160	264
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	410	350
T: Activities of households	206	1,330
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	1

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	331	50
B: Mining & quarrying	469	6
C: Manufacturing	25,840	6,582
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	289	26
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	48	1
F: Construction	2,354	85
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,770	1,875
H: Transport & storage	1,581	233
I: Accommodation & catering	240	426
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	253	105
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	88	65
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,733	427
P: Education	234	572
Q: Human health & social work	216	516
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	444	292
T: Activities of households	78	339
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	119	20
B: Mining & quarrying	19	0
C: Manufacturing	14,774	5,123
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	194	48
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	57	0
F: Construction	2,462	121
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,851	2,522
H: Transport & storage	935	153
I: Accommodation & catering	316	433
J: Information & communication	101	76
K: Financial & insurance	265	299
L: Real estate activities.	17	3
M: Professional, scientific & technical	138	134
N: Administrative & support	60	39
O: Public administration & defence	2,012	1,279
P: Education	735	1,874
Q: Human health & social work	159	598
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	339	379
T: Activities of households	9	115
U: Extraterritorial bodies	5	0

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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