Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,083	20
B: Mining & quarrying	2	0
C: Manufacturing	354	43
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	0	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	1
F: Construction	139	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	98	14
H: Transport & storage	91	1
I: Accommodation & catering	29	7
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	2	0
L: Real estate activities.	2	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	11	0
N: Administrative & support	68	1
O: Public administration & defence	66	0
P: Education	13	19
Q: Human health & social work	10	8
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	18	18
T: Activities of households	145	453
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,588	139
B: Mining & quarrying	6	0
C: Manufacturing	1,583	642
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	9	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	8	3
F: Construction	649	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	526	154
H: Transport & storage	1,610	5
I: Accommodation & catering	246	238
J: Information & communication	11	2
K: Financial & insurance	26	1
L: Real estate activities.	98	87
M: Professional, scientific & technical	89	0
N: Administrative & support	82	3
O: Public administration & defence	396	4
P: Education	33	137
Q: Human health & social work	38	72
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	70	251
T: Activities of households	86	1,060
U: Extraterritorial bodies	3	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,287	80
B: Mining & quarrying	92	5
C: Manufacturing	2,372	685
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	22	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	0
F: Construction	880	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	679	156
H: Transport & storage	2,090	12
I: Accommodation & catering	253	155
J: Information & communication	20	6
K: Financial & insurance	51	2
L: Real estate activities.	19	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	105	0
N: Administrative & support	192	6
O: Public administration & defence	790	11
P: Education	61	197
Q: Human health & social work	41	67
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	108	410
T: Activities of households	179	1,910
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,600	75
B: Mining & quarrying	85	0
C: Manufacturing	3,524	1,080
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	126	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	29	0
F: Construction	1,526	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,643	495
H: Transport & storage	1,969	21
I: Accommodation & catering	327	441
J: Information & communication	71	47
K: Financial & insurance	212	7
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	160	12
N: Administrative & support	464	152
O: Public administration & defence	1,592	70
P: Education	139	320
Q: Human health & social work	110	305
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	451	917
T: Activities of households	529	2,751
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	876	133
B: Mining & quarrying	57	1
C: Manufacturing	7,445	1,236
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	272	14
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	58	3
F: Construction	1,363	17
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,180	1,119
H: Transport & storage	2,912	117
I: Accommodation & catering	178	350
J: Information & communication	66	12
K: Financial & insurance	282	86
L: Real estate activities.	61	15
M: Professional, scientific & technical	183	69
N: Administrative & support	0	2
O: Public administration & defence	1,541	55
P: Education	153	260
Q: Human health & social work	145	242
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	238	298
T: Activities of households	315	1,555
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	779	240
B: Mining & quarrying	19	1
C: Manufacturing	7,641	2,070
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	349	20
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	38	4
F: Construction	2,072	60
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,039	1,681
H: Transport & storage	2,771	172
I: Accommodation & catering	243	639
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	220	77
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	86	61
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,939	187
P: Education	299	447
Q: Human health & social work	144	385
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	433	478
T: Activities of households	48	453
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	653	178
B: Mining & quarrying	191	4
C: Manufacturing	5,847	1,272
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	322	45
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	53	4
F: Construction	2,460	101
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,250	2,938
H: Transport & storage	2,858	196
I: Accommodation & catering	358	512
J: Information & communication	203	63
K: Financial & insurance	353	297
L: Real estate activities.	57	85
M: Professional, scientific & technical	341	194
N: Administrative & support	58	69
O: Public administration & defence	1,284	569
P: Education	766	1,393
Q: Human health & social work	333	754
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	408	489
T: Activities of households	69	345
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	1

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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