Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,172	88
Textiles & clothing	6,469	3,026
Wood & paper	978	110
Chemicals	67	1
Low tech	2,755	33
High tech.	2,188	19
Other	796	58

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,490	179
Textiles & clothing	5,614	9,003
Wood & paper	936	20
Chemicals	246	17
Low tech	3,186	40
High tech.	1,975	11
Other	874	280

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,343	187
Textiles & clothing	4,831	8,321
Wood & paper	723	73
Chemicals	337	22
Low tech	3,560	36
High tech.	2,663	17
Other	2,461	1,108

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,970	993
Textiles & clothing	4,456	9,002
Wood & paper	940	109
Chemicals	984	22
Low tech	4,899	36
High tech.	6,659	24
Other	3,546	1,106

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	5,334	1,348
Textiles & clothing	3,073	4,445
Wood & paper	1,182	74
Chemicals	709	88
Low tech	1,769	48
High tech.	8,843	541
Other	3,134	658

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	6,369	2,312
Textiles & clothing	1,917	4,365
Wood & paper	1,392	92
Chemicals	2,834	597
Low tech	3,087	409
High tech.	12,930	1,724
Other	3,365	1,431

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	7,538	4,402
Textiles & clothing	1,699	2,425
Wood & paper	2,165	275
Chemicals	4,846	1,125
Low tech	5,295	684
High tech.	18,909	3,407
Other	2,467	685

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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