Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	441	17
B: Mining & quarrying	1	0
C: Manufacturing	1,789	522
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	1
F: Construction	426	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	388	72
H: Transport & storage	406	2
I: Accommodation & catering	57	17
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	11	0
L: Real estate activities.	5	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	28	0
N: Administrative & support	215	3
O: Public administration & defence	1,055	1
P: Education	29	46
Q: Human health & social work	30	39
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	52	112
T: Activities of households	169	767
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	856	89
B: Mining & quarrying	10	1
C: Manufacturing	2,520	837
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	20	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	18	0
F: Construction	1,175	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	602	173
H: Transport & storage	1,587	8
I: Accommodation & catering	193	134
J: Information & communication	19	4
K: Financial & insurance	45	1
L: Real estate activities.	76	75
M: Professional, scientific & technical	123	0
N: Administrative & support	231	3
O: Public administration & defence	688	12
P: Education	49	149
Q: Human health & social work	36	82
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	75	416
T: Activities of households	280	1,357
U: Extraterritorial bodies	4	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	854	81
B: Mining & quarrying	76	3
C: Manufacturing	12,317	4,243
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	525	5
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	40	1
F: Construction	5,350	19
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,638	568
H: Transport & storage	7,689	47
I: Accommodation & catering	836	290
J: Information & communication	114	18
K: Financial & insurance	250	4
L: Real estate activities.	64	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	412	10
N: Administrative & support	2,387	44
O: Public administration & defence	1,806	32
P: Education	239	578
Q: Human health & social work	125	306
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	294	1,261
T: Activities of households	266	4,182
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	633	25
B: Mining & quarrying	236	13
C: Manufacturing	43,103	21,858
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,893	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	413	0
F: Construction	12,097	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	14,344	4,245
H: Transport & storage	30,735	460
I: Accommodation & catering	2,626	2,594
J: Information & communication	749	261
K: Financial & insurance	1,736	114
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	903	110
N: Administrative & support	9,924	2,587
O: Public administration & defence	5,313	556
P: Education	981	1,930
Q: Human health & social work	413	1,146
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,748	4,581
T: Activities of households	307	7,311
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	261	49
B: Mining & quarrying	39	8
C: Manufacturing	45,957	29,975
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	5,158	87
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	285	76
F: Construction	10,995	98
G: Wholesale & retail trade	24,900	10,597
H: Transport & storage	26,544	1,556
I: Accommodation & catering	2,797	4,232
J: Information & communication	827	246
K: Financial & insurance	2,575	1,027
L: Real estate activities.	504	99
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,432	735
N: Administrative & support	8	16
O: Public administration & defence	6,969	781
P: Education	950	1,775
Q: Human health & social work	830	1,679
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	3,483	2,747
T: Activities of households	155	4,251
U: Extraterritorial bodies	6	3

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	77	7
B: Mining & quarrying	3	3
C: Manufacturing	38,533	17,470
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	3,532	150
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	94	7
F: Construction	9,462	284
G: Wholesale & retail trade	13,070	7,012
H: Transport & storage	26,115	1,151
I: Accommodation & catering	1,020	3,582
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	1,004	340
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	488	214
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	5,579	1,107
P: Education	1,089	1,653
Q: Human health & social work	707	1,888
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,336	1,779
T: Activities of households	40	713
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	20	0
B: Mining & quarrying	60	0
C: Manufacturing	21,720	8,730
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,030	250
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	110	0
F: Construction	6,400	360
G: Wholesale & retail trade	9,640	6,460
H: Transport & storage	20,570	1,980
I: Accommodation & catering	780	1,100
J: Information & communication	1,110	560
K: Financial & insurance	1,160	1,110
L: Real estate activities.	150	70
M: Professional, scientific & technical	590	400
N: Administrative & support	250	400
O: Public administration & defence	5,510	2,270
P: Education	1,680	3,180
Q: Human health & social work	810	2,220
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,380	1,620
T: Activities of households	0	130
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	10

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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