Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	257	7
B: Mining & quarrying	0	0
C: Manufacturing	96	78
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	0	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	1
F: Construction	40	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	24	5
H: Transport & storage	11	0
I: Accommodation & catering	9	2
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	0	0
L: Real estate activities.	1	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	2	0
N: Administrative & support	14	0
O: Public administration & defence	4	0
P: Education	3	5
Q: Human health & social work	2	2
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	4	5
T: Activities of households	40	89
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	277	23
B: Mining & quarrying	0	0
C: Manufacturing	153	116
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	76	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	50	11
H: Transport & storage	38	1
I: Accommodation & catering	18	19
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	2	0
L: Real estate activities.	10	9
M: Professional, scientific & technical	9	0
N: Administrative & support	4	0
O: Public administration & defence	8	0
P: Education	4	13
Q: Human health & social work	4	7
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	6	35
T: Activities of households	50	114
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	215	6
B: Mining & quarrying	1	0
C: Manufacturing	347	197
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	250	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	145	38
H: Transport & storage	210	2
I: Accommodation & catering	41	11
J: Information & communication	9	2
K: Financial & insurance	9	0
L: Real estate activities.	4	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	28	0
N: Administrative & support	51	1
O: Public administration & defence	30	3
P: Education	22	57
Q: Human health & social work	14	24
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	23	123
T: Activities of households	93	499
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,033	28
B: Mining & quarrying	34	0
C: Manufacturing	2,766	1,679
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	101	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	22	0
F: Construction	1,659	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,499	407
H: Transport & storage	1,582	25
I: Accommodation & catering	226	220
J: Information & communication	58	39
K: Financial & insurance	232	4
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	172	11
N: Administrative & support	411	195
O: Public administration & defence	438	78
P: Education	121	326
Q: Human health & social work	74	204
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	424	767
T: Activities of households	-113	2,398
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	261	9
B: Mining & quarrying	48	2
C: Manufacturing	5,235	2,590
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	399	12
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	171	13
F: Construction	2,499	29
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,936	1,216
H: Transport & storage	3,074	332
I: Accommodation & catering	273	287
J: Information & communication	51	8
K: Financial & insurance	472	117
L: Real estate activities.	93	28
M: Professional, scientific & technical	265	75
N: Administrative & support	0	4
O: Public administration & defence	881	144
P: Education	231	343
Q: Human health & social work	192	374
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	621	637
T: Activities of households	303	1,337
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	85	15
B: Mining & quarrying	5	0
C: Manufacturing	12,226	4,028
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	783	124
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	149	11
F: Construction	2,306	74
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,136	2,220
H: Transport & storage	2,433	452
I: Accommodation & catering	322	994
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	494	298
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	240	153
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,370	703
P: Education	287	451
Q: Human health & social work	307	873
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	827	972
T: Activities of households	107	483
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	53	20
B: Mining & quarrying	1	0
C: Manufacturing	12,814	3,502
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	305	10
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	76	38
F: Construction	2,454	143
G: Wholesale & retail trade	4,005	3,938
H: Transport & storage	2,604	860
I: Accommodation & catering	172	427
J: Information & communication	930	313
K: Financial & insurance	616	926
L: Real estate activities.	105	123
M: Professional, scientific & technical	544	427
N: Administrative & support	227	426
O: Public administration & defence	1,547	1,269
P: Education	592	1,549
Q: Human health & social work	372	1,402
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	598	927
T: Activities of households	10	191
U: Extraterritorial bodies	19	9

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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