Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	705	20
B: Mining & quarrying	30	0
C: Manufacturing	8,247	3,051
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	4	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	3
F: Construction	962	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	986	110
H: Transport & storage	458	21
I: Accommodation & catering	241	59
J: Information & communication	4	0
K: Financial & insurance	17	2
L: Real estate activities.	12	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	55	0
N: Administrative & support	413	5
O: Public administration & defence	120	0
P: Education	45	93
Q: Human health & social work	67	72
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	114	120
T: Activities of households	392	1,999
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,352	164
B: Mining & quarrying	92	0
C: Manufacturing	9,962	7,475
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	42	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	27	8
F: Construction	1,473	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,506	442
H: Transport & storage	902	105
I: Accommodation & catering	355	338
J: Information & communication	35	8
K: Financial & insurance	47	0
L: Real estate activities.	114	156
M: Professional, scientific & technical	181	0
N: Administrative & support	245	9
O: Public administration & defence	202	14
P: Education	59	218
Q: Human health & social work	67	127
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	164	561
T: Activities of households	129	1,856
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,194	35
B: Mining & quarrying	91	1
C: Manufacturing	20,495	16,053
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	135	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	38	0
F: Construction	3,637	15
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,533	662
H: Transport & storage	2,037	198
I: Accommodation & catering	532	346
J: Information & communication	104	26
K: Financial & insurance	217	4
L: Real estate activities.	59	2
M: Professional, scientific & technical	331	13
N: Administrative & support	1,178	51
O: Public administration & defence	457	22
P: Education	207	646
Q: Human health & social work	130	294
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	408	1,191
T: Activities of households	421	4,606
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,305	41
B: Mining & quarrying	363	9
C: Manufacturing	38,077	32,621
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	867	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	231	0
F: Construction	4,926	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	7,541	2,947
H: Transport & storage	7,026	351
I: Accommodation & catering	1,034	974
J: Information & communication	216	132
K: Financial & insurance	799	19
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	398	23
N: Administrative & support	3,536	1,204
O: Public administration & defence	1,364	163
P: Education	363	1,076
Q: Human health & social work	335	689
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,394	2,147
T: Activities of households	539	4,453
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,274	40
B: Mining & quarrying	386	12
C: Manufacturing	39,935	36,167
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,380	19
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	246	51
F: Construction	5,560	83
G: Wholesale & retail trade	11,801	4,532
H: Transport & storage	6,327	306
I: Accommodation & catering	1,158	1,345
J: Information & communication	63	15
K: Financial & insurance	1,022	242
L: Real estate activities.	158	44
M: Professional, scientific & technical	813	240
N: Administrative & support	1	5
O: Public administration & defence	2,901	255
P: Education	653	1,247
Q: Human health & social work	597	1,014
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,806	1,072
T: Activities of households	618	4,137
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	541	54
B: Mining & quarrying	81	21
C: Manufacturing	52,357	39,523
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,094	151
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	144	9
F: Construction	8,192	287
G: Wholesale & retail trade	14,488	8,164
H: Transport & storage	7,427	1,112
I: Accommodation & catering	1,127	3,320
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	1,466	784
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,333	732
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	5,156	1,265
P: Education	1,458	2,049
Q: Human health & social work	1,265	2,427
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,262	1,767
T: Activities of households	239	1,553
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	103	14
B: Mining & quarrying	171	12
C: Manufacturing	50,683	31,050
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,637	1,180
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	261	10
F: Construction	8,831	578
G: Wholesale & retail trade	15,030	11,535
H: Transport & storage	6,468	1,633
I: Accommodation & catering	1,374	2,113
J: Information & communication	2,389	981
K: Financial & insurance	2,108	1,959
L: Real estate activities.	154	106
M: Professional, scientific & technical	2,058	1,385
N: Administrative & support	222	624
O: Public administration & defence	4,287	2,727
P: Education	3,348	5,100
Q: Human health & social work	1,799	4,008
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,719	1,496
T: Activities of households	127	430
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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