Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	101	5
Textiles & clothing	258	87
Wood & paper	68	3
Chemicals	6	0
Low tech	136	2
High tech.	104	1
Other	28	1

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	219	19
Textiles & clothing	339	390
Wood & paper	68	0
Chemicals	24	3
Low tech	272	4
High tech.	127	2
Other	61	8

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	239	21
Textiles & clothing	279	373
Wood & paper	87	4
Chemicals	23	0
Low tech	374	2
High tech.	217	4
Other	365	19

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	295	99
Textiles & clothing	241	573
Wood & paper	80	1
Chemicals	58	17
Low tech	314	2
High tech.	282	1
Other	270	21

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	281	52
Textiles & clothing	133	106
Wood & paper	113	52
Chemicals	39	7
Low tech	421	16
High tech.	569	21
Other	248	62

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	217	54
Textiles & clothing	51	61
Wood & paper	99	7
Chemicals	54	30
Low tech	549	106
High tech.	617	113
Other	479	272

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	302	85
Textiles & clothing	115	130
Wood & paper	227	11
Chemicals	243	89
Low tech	529	67
High tech.	1,321	309
Other	367	124

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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