Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	11,887	325
B: Mining & quarrying	24	1
C: Manufacturing	3,382	491
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	2
F: Construction	1,401	6
G: Wholesale & retail trade	718	108
H: Transport & storage	397	2
I: Accommodation & catering	247	46
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	7	0
L: Real estate activities.	15	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	77	0
N: Administrative & support	486	7
O: Public administration & defence	135	8
P: Education	87	147
Q: Human health & social work	63	69
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	121	80
T: Activities of households	950	3,466
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	11,055	2,088
B: Mining & quarrying	17	0
C: Manufacturing	2,691	1,387
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	9	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	8	0
F: Construction	1,289	8
G: Wholesale & retail trade	891	263
H: Transport & storage	268	22
I: Accommodation & catering	260	243
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	5	0
L: Real estate activities.	93	121
M: Professional, scientific & technical	92	0
N: Administrative & support	104	0
O: Public administration & defence	117	6
P: Education	62	250
Q: Human health & social work	33	87
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	212	327
T: Activities of households	276	1,838
U: Extraterritorial bodies	3	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	8,810	401
B: Mining & quarrying	10	0
C: Manufacturing	2,276	976
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	8	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	0
F: Construction	1,242	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	848	228
H: Transport & storage	384	7
I: Accommodation & catering	215	47
J: Information & communication	5	4
K: Financial & insurance	29	1
L: Real estate activities.	18	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	95	0
N: Administrative & support	147	2
O: Public administration & defence	257	25
P: Education	85	327
Q: Human health & social work	29	87
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	169	431
T: Activities of households	378	2,872
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	9,612	285
B: Mining & quarrying	62	0
C: Manufacturing	2,477	897
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	41	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	12	0
F: Construction	1,570	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,418	500
H: Transport & storage	1,538	15
I: Accommodation & catering	282	316
J: Information & communication	31	28
K: Financial & insurance	109	1
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	87	4
N: Administrative & support	158	45
O: Public administration & defence	360	108
P: Education	118	413
Q: Human health & social work	75	187
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	355	654
T: Activities of households	910	2,729
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	7,795	172
B: Mining & quarrying	28	0
C: Manufacturing	2,180	299
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	42	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	12	0
F: Construction	774	6
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,780	545
H: Transport & storage	901	85
I: Accommodation & catering	292	239
J: Information & communication	3	1
K: Financial & insurance	137	13
L: Real estate activities.	63	3
M: Professional, scientific & technical	86	17
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	1,095	30
P: Education	126	376
Q: Human health & social work	108	171
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	241	138
T: Activities of households	995	1,911
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	8,007	565
B: Mining & quarrying	43	4
C: Manufacturing	2,379	770
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	121	13
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	25	0
F: Construction	1,843	28
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,897	883
H: Transport & storage	1,107	161
I: Accommodation & catering	313	400
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	205	42
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	77	47
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	7,277	114
P: Education	190	401
Q: Human health & social work	76	192
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	308	145
T: Activities of households	302	822
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,468	283
B: Mining & quarrying	77	1
C: Manufacturing	3,625	731
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	125	7
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	26	1
F: Construction	2,461	48
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,176	665
H: Transport & storage	760	46
I: Accommodation & catering	280	163
J: Information & communication	111	36
K: Financial & insurance	163	57
L: Real estate activities.	45	14
M: Professional, scientific & technical	123	47
N: Administrative & support	22	9
O: Public administration & defence	1,341	207
P: Education	387	483
Q: Human health & social work	221	221
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	261	137
T: Activities of households	126	217
U: Extraterritorial bodies	46	2

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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