Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,716	326
B: Mining & quarrying	256	5
C: Manufacturing	2,473	1,147
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	3
F: Construction	1,349	6
G: Wholesale & retail trade	417	110
H: Transport & storage	429	7
I: Accommodation & catering	144	40
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	6	0
L: Real estate activities.	19	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	65	0
N: Administrative & support	246	3
O: Public administration & defence	183	5
P: Education	68	116
Q: Human health & social work	55	56
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	84	134
T: Activities of households	1,553	2,992
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,917	1,684
B: Mining & quarrying	316	0
C: Manufacturing	2,981	1,695
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	10	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	5
F: Construction	1,492	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	582	402
H: Transport & storage	969	60
I: Accommodation & catering	234	253
J: Information & communication	5	0
K: Financial & insurance	12	2
L: Real estate activities.	185	251
M: Professional, scientific & technical	103	0
N: Administrative & support	65	14
O: Public administration & defence	622	4
P: Education	75	276
Q: Human health & social work	66	132
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	169	416
T: Activities of households	221	2,345
U: Extraterritorial bodies	4	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,421	189
B: Mining & quarrying	370	6
C: Manufacturing	2,608	1,464
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	15	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	5	0
F: Construction	1,555	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	505	308
H: Transport & storage	984	15
I: Accommodation & catering	155	111
J: Information & communication	5	5
K: Financial & insurance	47	0
L: Real estate activities.	27	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	123	3
N: Administrative & support	79	3
O: Public administration & defence	812	30
P: Education	102	302
Q: Human health & social work	52	98
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	139	451
T: Activities of households	457	3,151
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,403	801
B: Mining & quarrying	358	0
C: Manufacturing	2,567	1,725
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	61	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	10	0
F: Construction	1,889	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,246	609
H: Transport & storage	1,546	18
I: Accommodation & catering	290	505
J: Information & communication	39	40
K: Financial & insurance	159	1
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	125	7
N: Administrative & support	145	61
O: Public administration & defence	1,440	95
P: Education	134	400
Q: Human health & social work	113	293
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	404	987
T: Activities of households	906	3,749
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,785	185
B: Mining & quarrying	378	3
C: Manufacturing	2,571	487
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	146	10
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	18	0
F: Construction	2,072	15
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,914	782
H: Transport & storage	1,952	134
I: Accommodation & catering	530	736
J: Information & communication	17	1
K: Financial & insurance	241	27
L: Real estate activities.	82	9
M: Professional, scientific & technical	165	65
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	2,156	57
P: Education	143	342
Q: Human health & social work	146	265
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	356	304
T: Activities of households	1,088	2,529
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,566	438
B: Mining & quarrying	457	5
C: Manufacturing	2,373	611
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	260	19
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	34	1
F: Construction	2,340	74
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,958	1,075
H: Transport & storage	1,267	155
I: Accommodation & catering	595	846
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	242	52
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	164	81
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	2,873	206
P: Education	234	398
Q: Human health & social work	336	470
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	412	273
T: Activities of households	477	1,014
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,499	278
B: Mining & quarrying	253	6
C: Manufacturing	3,028	663
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	250	18
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	69	2
F: Construction	2,096	61
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,336	945
H: Transport & storage	923	60
I: Accommodation & catering	564	423
J: Information & communication	93	33
K: Financial & insurance	198	103
L: Real estate activities.	128	30
M: Professional, scientific & technical	212	106
N: Administrative & support	22	17
O: Public administration & defence	1,659	285
P: Education	417	446
Q: Human health & social work	322	370
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	292	182
T: Activities of households	125	267
U: Extraterritorial bodies	4	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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