Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,726	369
B: Mining & quarrying	14	0
C: Manufacturing	1,907	504
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	0	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	1
F: Construction	733	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	458	58
H: Transport & storage	155	3
I: Accommodation & catering	153	33
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	5	0
L: Real estate activities.	11	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	43	0
N: Administrative & support	181	2
O: Public administration & defence	63	2
P: Education	47	80
Q: Human health & social work	38	29
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	80	59
T: Activities of households	416	1,647
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,136	987
B: Mining & quarrying	42	0
C: Manufacturing	1,999	1,322
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	6	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	1
F: Construction	940	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	674	197
H: Transport & storage	361	20
I: Accommodation & catering	189	202
J: Information & communication	7	0
K: Financial & insurance	8	0
L: Real estate activities.	82	78
M: Professional, scientific & technical	81	0
N: Administrative & support	37	1
O: Public administration & defence	90	6
P: Education	58	178
Q: Human health & social work	36	52
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	152	316
T: Activities of households	275	1,257
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,954	186
B: Mining & quarrying	18	0
C: Manufacturing	1,793	947
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	16	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	1
F: Construction	1,069	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	662	149
H: Transport & storage	415	9
I: Accommodation & catering	169	67
J: Information & communication	18	5
K: Financial & insurance	27	2
L: Real estate activities.	21	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	90	3
N: Administrative & support	127	3
O: Public administration & defence	145	17
P: Education	86	258
Q: Human health & social work	30	46
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	119	410
T: Activities of households	365	2,260
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	1

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,658	116
B: Mining & quarrying	82	0
C: Manufacturing	2,406	1,256
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	51	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	14	0
F: Construction	1,452	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,105	339
H: Transport & storage	1,130	13
I: Accommodation & catering	233	209
J: Information & communication	32	18
K: Financial & insurance	95	1
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	89	6
N: Administrative & support	172	62
O: Public administration & defence	341	92
P: Education	100	350
Q: Human health & social work	66	145
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	319	612
T: Activities of households	984	2,390
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,160	76
B: Mining & quarrying	217	2
C: Manufacturing	2,288	638
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	141	5
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	20	3
F: Construction	1,173	7
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,691	567
H: Transport & storage	1,381	90
I: Accommodation & catering	187	168
J: Information & communication	4	1
K: Financial & insurance	120	17
L: Real estate activities.	50	8
M: Professional, scientific & technical	79	20
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	1,211	34
P: Education	145	333
Q: Human health & social work	96	162
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	298	220
T: Activities of households	993	1,756
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,798	267
B: Mining & quarrying	174	2
C: Manufacturing	4,658	1,417
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	263	17
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	27	1
F: Construction	2,356	49
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,842	1,080
H: Transport & storage	1,754	184
I: Accommodation & catering	400	648
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	179	60
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	118	57
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	8,656	686
P: Education	208	408
Q: Human health & social work	165	389
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,222	321
T: Activities of households	283	620
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,728	170
B: Mining & quarrying	83	2
C: Manufacturing	4,688	949
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	232	17
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	45	0
F: Construction	2,881	54
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,380	911
H: Transport & storage	1,014	99
I: Accommodation & catering	343	306
J: Information & communication	313	68
K: Financial & insurance	215	106
L: Real estate activities.	87	31
M: Professional, scientific & technical	620	120
N: Administrative & support	45	45
O: Public administration & defence	3,905	713
P: Education	637	784
Q: Human health & social work	344	487
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	285	246
T: Activities of households	287	371
U: Extraterritorial bodies	990	16

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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