Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,177	87
B: Mining & quarrying	7	0
C: Manufacturing	986	171
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	0
F: Construction	408	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	235	39
H: Transport & storage	106	1
I: Accommodation & catering	81	20
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	0	0
L: Real estate activities.	5	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	23	1
N: Administrative & support	114	2
O: Public administration & defence	16	1
P: Education	36	50
Q: Human health & social work	22	12
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	48	25
T: Activities of households	383	1,116
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,040	582
B: Mining & quarrying	23	0
C: Manufacturing	912	439
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	4	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	0
F: Construction	446	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	312	96
H: Transport & storage	143	13
I: Accommodation & catering	90	98
J: Information & communication	4	0
K: Financial & insurance	4	0
L: Real estate activities.	39	53
M: Professional, scientific & technical	40	0
N: Administrative & support	38	0
O: Public administration & defence	47	6
P: Education	34	101
Q: Human health & social work	23	28
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	90	146
T: Activities of households	143	757
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,439	57
B: Mining & quarrying	31	0
C: Manufacturing	705	383
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	9	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	588	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	267	44
H: Transport & storage	188	4
I: Accommodation & catering	58	38
J: Information & communication	7	3
K: Financial & insurance	11	0
L: Real estate activities.	9	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	28	0
N: Administrative & support	49	10
O: Public administration & defence	86	6
P: Education	58	121
Q: Human health & social work	16	28
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	61	208
T: Activities of households	361	1,261
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,407	101
B: Mining & quarrying	214	0
C: Manufacturing	870	291
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	25	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	0
F: Construction	511	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	426	114
H: Transport & storage	703	1
I: Accommodation & catering	87	73
J: Information & communication	10	8
K: Financial & insurance	34	0
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	29	2
N: Administrative & support	39	13
O: Public administration & defence	119	48
P: Education	95	153
Q: Human health & social work	27	57
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	159	323
T: Activities of households	772	1,193
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,675	50
B: Mining & quarrying	229	1
C: Manufacturing	864	108
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	35	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	8	0
F: Construction	301	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	633	180
H: Transport & storage	489	35
I: Accommodation & catering	74	75
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	47	3
L: Real estate activities.	16	1
M: Professional, scientific & technical	37	11
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	218	6
P: Education	106	237
Q: Human health & social work	27	51
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	146	70
T: Activities of households	681	1,041
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,888	185
B: Mining & quarrying	237	3
C: Manufacturing	1,018	425
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	40	3
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	9	1
F: Construction	628	11
G: Wholesale & retail trade	515	271
H: Transport & storage	451	56
I: Accommodation & catering	110	175
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	83	9
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	20	19
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	2,039	94
P: Education	161	219
Q: Human health & social work	40	128
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	109	75
T: Activities of households	164	350
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	920	28
B: Mining & quarrying	55	0
C: Manufacturing	1,543	249
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	15	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	11	0
F: Construction	806	26
G: Wholesale & retail trade	715	208
H: Transport & storage	308	35
I: Accommodation & catering	95	84
J: Information & communication	42	5
K: Financial & insurance	25	18
L: Real estate activities.	12	4
M: Professional, scientific & technical	102	22
N: Administrative & support	1	4
O: Public administration & defence	2,706	122
P: Education	271	265
Q: Human health & social work	39	103
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	94	49
T: Activities of households	31	158
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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