Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	357	11
B: Mining & quarrying	3	0
C: Manufacturing	116	24
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	0	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	57	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	27	5
H: Transport & storage	19	0
I: Accommodation & catering	8	2
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	0	0
L: Real estate activities.	1	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	3	0
N: Administrative & support	17	0
O: Public administration & defence	11	0
P: Education	3	6
Q: Human health & social work	3	2
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	5	7
T: Activities of households	39	129
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	330	62
B: Mining & quarrying	1	1
C: Manufacturing	216	171
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	106	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	61	19
H: Transport & storage	81	3
I: Accommodation & catering	21	33
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	1	0
L: Real estate activities.	13	10
M: Professional, scientific & technical	8	0
N: Administrative & support	8	1
O: Public administration & defence	81	1
P: Education	6	23
Q: Human health & social work	4	4
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	18	55
T: Activities of households	48	214
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	336	12
B: Mining & quarrying	6	0
C: Manufacturing	687	404
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	9	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	6	0
F: Construction	649	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	399	110
H: Transport & storage	269	2
I: Accommodation & catering	122	169
J: Information & communication	22	7
K: Financial & insurance	39	1
L: Real estate activities.	23	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	112	6
N: Administrative & support	87	11
O: Public administration & defence	144	6
P: Education	49	187
Q: Human health & social work	48	80
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	151	258
T: Activities of households	350	2,330
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	2

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,262	42
B: Mining & quarrying	36	0
C: Manufacturing	3,137	1,912
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	85	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	64	0
F: Construction	3,144	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,383	1,126
H: Transport & storage	2,813	39
I: Accommodation & catering	766	1,559
J: Information & communication	151	102
K: Financial & insurance	384	3
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	341	33
N: Administrative & support	483	416
O: Public administration & defence	1,035	114
P: Education	192	604
Q: Human health & social work	296	1,014
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,532	3,114
T: Activities of households	899	7,367
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	828	33
B: Mining & quarrying	33	3
C: Manufacturing	4,545	1,370
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	504	12
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	44	5
F: Construction	4,147	37
G: Wholesale & retail trade	6,215	3,305
H: Transport & storage	3,039	330
I: Accommodation & catering	2,005	4,384
J: Information & communication	45	8
K: Financial & insurance	801	177
L: Real estate activities.	300	46
M: Professional, scientific & technical	622	243
N: Administrative & support	1	13
O: Public administration & defence	2,101	219
P: Education	349	894
Q: Human health & social work	415	1,102
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,280	1,450
T: Activities of households	884	7,068
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	473	65
B: Mining & quarrying	5	0
C: Manufacturing	4,546	2,097
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	831	162
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	89	6
F: Construction	4,257	114
G: Wholesale & retail trade	8,376	5,783
H: Transport & storage	4,360	1,035
I: Accommodation & catering	3,123	4,909
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	1,351	742
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	929	548
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	2,897	596
P: Education	479	907
Q: Human health & social work	630	1,708
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,796	2,025
T: Activities of households	399	2,381
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	183	71
B: Mining & quarrying	1	0
C: Manufacturing	4,787	3,109
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	625	179
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	129	30
F: Construction	4,175	140
G: Wholesale & retail trade	8,539	7,801
H: Transport & storage	4,407	1,305
I: Accommodation & catering	2,965	3,528
J: Information & communication	655	317
K: Financial & insurance	1,553	1,494
L: Real estate activities.	219	238
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,137	881
N: Administrative & support	149	258
O: Public administration & defence	2,494	1,767
P: Education	1,291	2,257
Q: Human health & social work	706	2,007
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,142	1,556
T: Activities of households	161	944
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	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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