Industrial Order (1951) by Sex

Data for 1951	Sex
1951 Industrial Orders	Male	Female
Agric., Forest. & Fishing	1,588	190
Mining & Quarrying	963	3
Ceramics, Glass, etc.	126	2
Chemicals & Allied Trades	236	28
Metal Manufacture	1,888	239
Engineering, Shipbldg. & Electrical	68	8
Vehicles	102	8
Other Metal Goods	35	5
Precision Instruments, Jewel., etc.	7	1
Textiles	237	685
Leather & Fur	5	1
Clothing	22	13
Food, Drink & Tobacco	234	38
Manufactures of Wood & Cork	11	2
Paper & Printing	660	123
Other Manufacturing	2	2
Building & Contracting	650	14
Gas, Electricity & Water	54	6
Transport & Communication	414	43
Distributive Trades	419	235
Insurance, Banking & Finance	38	13
Public Administration & Defence	723	84
Professional Services	363	375
Miscellaneous Services	160	357
Not Stated & Ill-Defined	7	1

Date:	Source:
1951	1951 Census of England and Wales, Industry, Table 3 , 'Industries (Orders and Selected Units) and Status Aggregates. Occupied Males and Females aged 15 and over', for 'Urban Areas with population of less than 50,000, RD, NT'

This website exists to help people doing personal research projects on particular areas within a locality. So long as you are using our data for only a small number of units, you are not making money out of what you are doing, and you are not systematically re-publishing our data, you do not need to request permission from us, but you do need to acknowledge us as your source with the wording:

"This work is based on data provided through www.VisionofBritain.org.uk and uses historical material which is copyright of the Great Britain Historical GIS Project and the University of Portsmouth".

Where the above statement is included in a web page or similar online resource, the reference to "www.VisionofBritain.org.uk" must be a working hyperlink.

nCube definition