Persons of Working Age by Sex & 1951 Occupational Order

Data for 1951	Sex
1951 Occupational Classification	Male	Female
Fishermen	0	0
Agriculture	1,001	294
Mining & Quarrying	1	0
Ceramics, Glass, Cement, etc	13	9
Coal, Gas, Chemicals	6	0
Metal Manufacturing, Engineering	329	2
Textiles	1	0
Leather, Fur	35	1
Textile Goods, Dress	19	18
Food, Drink, Tobacco	88	33
Wood, Cane & Cork	223	34
Paper, Printing	152	54
Other Products	17	1
Building	475	1
Painters & Decorators	115	0
Administrators, Directors, Managers	139	17
Transport	591	41
Commerce, Finance	786	384
Professional, Technical	208	216
Defence	94	23
Entertainment & Sport	27	4
Personal Service	177	566
Clerks, Typists, etc	289	334
Warehousemen, Storekeepers, etc.	129	47
Stationery Engine Drivers, Stokers	35	0
Workers in Unskilled Occupations	373	275
Other & Undefined	76	21
Retired or Not Gainfully Occupied	871	4,827

Date:	Source:
1951	1951 Census of England and Wales, Occupations, Table 21 , 'Selected Occupations with Status Aggregates - abridged analysis', for 'Con divisions and sub-divisions, Urban Areas with population of less than 50,000, RD, NT'

This website exists to help people doing personal research projects on particular areas within a locality. So long as you are using our data for only a small number of units, you are not making money out of what you are doing, and you are not systematically re-publishing our data, you do not need to request permission from us, but you do need to acknowledge us as your source with the wording:

"This work is based on data provided through www.VisionofBritain.org.uk and uses historical material which is copyright of the Great Britain Historical GIS Project and the University of Portsmouth".

Where the above statement is included in a web page or similar online resource, the reference to "www.VisionofBritain.org.uk" must be a working hyperlink.

nCube definition