Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,937	76
Textiles & clothing	10,297	8,094
Wood & paper	2,373	143
Chemicals	324	18
Low tech	2,952	84
High tech.	2,954	39
Other	3,733	345

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,590	176
Textiles & clothing	6,338	10,645
Wood & paper	1,627	341
Chemicals	793	29
Low tech	2,687	81
High tech.	1,874	36
Other	5,507	600

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,955	457
Textiles & clothing	8,456	11,544
Wood & paper	2,621	1,631
Chemicals	1,107	138
Low tech	3,429	158
High tech.	2,290	53
Other	11,947	4,556

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,574	2,150
Textiles & clothing	8,713	20,141
Wood & paper	3,835	4,346
Chemicals	1,620	651
Low tech	5,669	1,118
High tech.	4,269	171
Other	16,510	4,944

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,010	2,315
Textiles & clothing	11,439	21,104
Wood & paper	2,975	3,009
Chemicals	1,829	1,140
Low tech	3,436	919
High tech.	4,302	1,030
Other	16,985	5,175

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,253	1,565
Textiles & clothing	8,921	17,970
Wood & paper	3,283	2,375
Chemicals	3,033	1,746
Low tech	3,401	1,418
High tech.	4,021	903
Other	14,030	5,808

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	980	870
Textiles & clothing	7,410	10,070
Wood & paper	1,590	680
Chemicals	1,210	680
Low tech	2,020	1,110
High tech.	3,640	1,440
Other	4,770	2,900

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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