Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	99	7
Textiles & clothing	438	226
Wood & paper	64	4
Chemicals	3	0
Low tech	148	2
High tech.	63	1
Other	31	27

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	91	3
Textiles & clothing	231	364
Wood & paper	94	6
Chemicals	8	0
Low tech	170	5
High tech.	67	13
Other	39	2

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	75	5
Textiles & clothing	162	257
Wood & paper	54	10
Chemicals	13	0
Low tech	191	1
High tech.	67	6
Other	87	10

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	170	32
Textiles & clothing	127	359
Wood & paper	51	2
Chemicals	7	2
Low tech	183	2
High tech.	159	0
Other	89	6

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	153	26
Textiles & clothing	68	43
Wood & paper	83	3
Chemicals	87	2
Low tech	203	2
High tech.	256	7
Other	87	10

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	324	65
Textiles & clothing	23	29
Wood & paper	128	12
Chemicals	27	6
Low tech	112	6
High tech.	331	23
Other	63	15

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	429	51
Textiles & clothing	184	67
Wood & paper	190	15
Chemicals	81	19
Low tech	268	25
High tech.	1,216	149
Other	75	21

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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