Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	8,747	422
B: Mining & quarrying	69	0
C: Manufacturing	2,241	418
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	0
F: Construction	935	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	633	87
H: Transport & storage	322	7
I: Accommodation & catering	251	57
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	6	0
L: Real estate activities.	10	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	58	0
N: Administrative & support	392	11
O: Public administration & defence	78	2
P: Education	63	124
Q: Human health & social work	51	78
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	117	80
T: Activities of households	888	2,339
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	9,837	1,425
B: Mining & quarrying	12	0
C: Manufacturing	1,985	1,058
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	6	1
F: Construction	899	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	594	254
H: Transport & storage	251	23
I: Accommodation & catering	272	312
J: Information & communication	11	2
K: Financial & insurance	3	0
L: Real estate activities.	69	103
M: Professional, scientific & technical	60	0
N: Administrative & support	47	4
O: Public administration & defence	117	6
P: Education	67	213
Q: Human health & social work	42	83
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	174	436
T: Activities of households	261	1,256
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	8,163	156
B: Mining & quarrying	542	2
C: Manufacturing	1,744	854
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	7	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	0
F: Construction	903	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	546	129
H: Transport & storage	303	4
I: Accommodation & catering	179	57
J: Information & communication	12	7
K: Financial & insurance	6	0
L: Real estate activities.	13	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	50	2
N: Administrative & support	73	2
O: Public administration & defence	144	17
P: Education	82	311
Q: Human health & social work	33	63
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	152	405
T: Activities of households	623	2,144
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	9,656	210
B: Mining & quarrying	28	0
C: Manufacturing	2,160	833
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	32	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	9	0
F: Construction	1,374	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,017	244
H: Transport & storage	1,152	13
I: Accommodation & catering	283	259
J: Information & communication	30	10
K: Financial & insurance	64	0
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	69	6
N: Administrative & support	135	39
O: Public administration & defence	278	92
P: Education	165	373
Q: Human health & social work	84	158
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	310	586
T: Activities of households	971	2,479
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	7,103	152
B: Mining & quarrying	65	1
C: Manufacturing	3,026	1,009
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	71	2
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	20	0
F: Construction	1,130	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,396	374
H: Transport & storage	926	107
I: Accommodation & catering	215	120
J: Information & communication	3	1
K: Financial & insurance	101	12
L: Real estate activities.	27	5
M: Professional, scientific & technical	86	26
N: Administrative & support	0	2
O: Public administration & defence	926	24
P: Education	291	423
Q: Human health & social work	160	179
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	239	175
T: Activities of households	823	1,814
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,637	481
B: Mining & quarrying	38	1
C: Manufacturing	4,466	2,090
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	258	37
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	29	1
F: Construction	1,873	24
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,737	559
H: Transport & storage	876	158
I: Accommodation & catering	343	404
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	66	19
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	129	43
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	3,413	170
P: Education	284	459
Q: Human health & social work	349	349
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,451	188
T: Activities of households	346	674
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,228	475
B: Mining & quarrying	36	0
C: Manufacturing	5,662	1,151
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	227	7
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	73	0
F: Construction	2,817	65
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,639	1,062
H: Transport & storage	1,540	105
I: Accommodation & catering	265	210
J: Information & communication	265	87
K: Financial & insurance	239	94
L: Real estate activities.	29	15
M: Professional, scientific & technical	536	150
N: Administrative & support	36	24
O: Public administration & defence	1,890	383
P: Education	756	871
Q: Human health & social work	409	422
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	346	193
T: Activities of households	111	275
U: Extraterritorial bodies	26	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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