Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,546	153
B: Mining & quarrying	314	1
C: Manufacturing	5,057	1,214
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	5	2
F: Construction	574	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	444	65
H: Transport & storage	235	4
I: Accommodation & catering	154	34
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	3	0
L: Real estate activities.	9	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	34	0
N: Administrative & support	218	3
O: Public administration & defence	62	1
P: Education	59	76
Q: Human health & social work	37	36
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	70	53
T: Activities of households	554	2,214
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,208	1,187
B: Mining & quarrying	231	0
C: Manufacturing	2,081	791
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	8	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	6	4
F: Construction	818	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	587	155
H: Transport & storage	400	9
I: Accommodation & catering	186	206
J: Information & communication	9	1
K: Financial & insurance	2	0
L: Real estate activities.	73	87
M: Professional, scientific & technical	56	0
N: Administrative & support	51	10
O: Public administration & defence	72	3
P: Education	61	152
Q: Human health & social work	31	40
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	98	152
T: Activities of households	163	1,263
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,168	105
B: Mining & quarrying	732	1
C: Manufacturing	2,103	646
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	21	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	12	0
F: Construction	960	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	681	101
H: Transport & storage	681	6
I: Accommodation & catering	151	58
J: Information & communication	18	1
K: Financial & insurance	26	2
L: Real estate activities.	28	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	85	0
N: Administrative & support	114	2
O: Public administration & defence	130	15
P: Education	60	191
Q: Human health & social work	21	57
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	98	268
T: Activities of households	375	2,182
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,015	167
B: Mining & quarrying	5,699	0
C: Manufacturing	4,066	2,464
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	69	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	24	0
F: Construction	1,240	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,337	364
H: Transport & storage	1,730	36
I: Accommodation & catering	199	186
J: Information & communication	41	22
K: Financial & insurance	178	3
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	78	3
N: Administrative & support	327	111
O: Public administration & defence	221	53
P: Education	110	297
Q: Human health & social work	52	107
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	289	424
T: Activities of households	443	1,683
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,486	172
B: Mining & quarrying	7,139	8
C: Manufacturing	3,102	440
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	139	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	25	3
F: Construction	903	17
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,046	831
H: Transport & storage	2,054	191
I: Accommodation & catering	323	291
J: Information & communication	6	2
K: Financial & insurance	230	30
L: Real estate activities.	49	6
M: Professional, scientific & technical	139	42
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	769	108
P: Education	161	450
Q: Human health & social work	95	188
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	449	405
T: Activities of households	634	2,095
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,304	342
B: Mining & quarrying	8,424	67
C: Manufacturing	5,807	1,790
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	325	13
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	36	0
F: Construction	2,018	24
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,073	1,553
H: Transport & storage	2,044	295
I: Accommodation & catering	328	773
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	277	88
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	96	65
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	3,252	353
P: Education	338	507
Q: Human health & social work	346	583
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	573	599
T: Activities of households	202	613
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,097	95
B: Mining & quarrying	7,728	114
C: Manufacturing	6,630	1,800
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	626	24
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	29	0
F: Construction	1,985	48
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,324	870
H: Transport & storage	914	77
I: Accommodation & catering	255	254
J: Information & communication	124	27
K: Financial & insurance	216	55
L: Real estate activities.	32	12
M: Professional, scientific & technical	147	54
N: Administrative & support	61	22
O: Public administration & defence	1,321	339
P: Education	613	617
Q: Human health & social work	307	324
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	288	215
T: Activities of households	52	141
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

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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