Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	25,751	1,867
B: Mining & quarrying	37	0
C: Manufacturing	10,405	2,407
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	5	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	20	4
F: Construction	3,990	7
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,675	354
H: Transport & storage	1,081	21
I: Accommodation & catering	866	258
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	29	0
L: Real estate activities.	57	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	275	2
N: Administrative & support	1,168	14
O: Public administration & defence	850	15
P: Education	322	446
Q: Human health & social work	234	182
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	583	464
T: Activities of households	3,139	9,763
U: Extraterritorial bodies	5	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	27,420	5,516
B: Mining & quarrying	113	1
C: Manufacturing	9,680	7,379
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	35	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	32	9
F: Construction	4,591	18
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,217	1,012
H: Transport & storage	1,631	88
I: Accommodation & catering	1,064	1,165
J: Information & communication	84	11
K: Financial & insurance	39	0
L: Real estate activities.	397	404
M: Professional, scientific & technical	434	0
N: Administrative & support	257	10
O: Public administration & defence	524	43
P: Education	331	913
Q: Human health & social work	197	320
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	769	2,069
T: Activities of households	1,649	6,446
U: Extraterritorial bodies	14	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	21,935	1,282
B: Mining & quarrying	80	3
C: Manufacturing	9,390	6,974
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	115	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	31	3
F: Construction	6,153	20
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,412	800
H: Transport & storage	2,684	41
I: Accommodation & catering	1,003	532
J: Information & communication	142	18
K: Financial & insurance	131	4
L: Real estate activities.	93	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	513	15
N: Administrative & support	694	31
O: Public administration & defence	996	83
P: Education	680	1,409
Q: Human health & social work	201	323
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,281	2,742
T: Activities of households	2,425	12,058
U: Extraterritorial bodies	5	1

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	20,951	543
B: Mining & quarrying	316	0
C: Manufacturing	12,240	6,177
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	366	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	97	0
F: Construction	8,314	6
G: Wholesale & retail trade	6,251	1,970
H: Transport & storage	6,967	84
I: Accommodation & catering	1,421	1,678
J: Information & communication	309	128
K: Financial & insurance	541	7
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	585	59
N: Administrative & support	1,015	439
O: Public administration & defence	2,255	438
P: Education	1,605	1,961
Q: Human health & social work	389	1,056
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,277	4,200
T: Activities of households	5,458	14,624
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	14,268	382
B: Mining & quarrying	384	4
C: Manufacturing	18,551	4,301
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	846	32
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	144	7
F: Construction	7,792	50
G: Wholesale & retail trade	9,576	3,865
H: Transport & storage	6,643	519
I: Accommodation & catering	1,564	2,176
J: Information & communication	34	14
K: Financial & insurance	821	145
L: Real estate activities.	276	52
M: Professional, scientific & technical	727	216
N: Administrative & support	0	16
O: Public administration & defence	6,048	291
P: Education	2,893	2,766
Q: Human health & social work	795	1,507
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,275	1,921
T: Activities of households	5,533	12,053
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	1

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	12,932	1,231
B: Mining & quarrying	422	9
C: Manufacturing	33,603	7,525
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,725	153
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	183	8
F: Construction	12,227	235
G: Wholesale & retail trade	11,854	7,300
H: Transport & storage	7,990	1,263
I: Accommodation & catering	2,167	4,510
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	1,306	553
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,104	907
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	23,234	3,660
P: Education	3,991	4,120
Q: Human health & social work	1,987	4,354
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	4,754	2,818
T: Activities of households	2,024	4,812
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,235	721
B: Mining & quarrying	344	9
C: Manufacturing	43,657	7,862
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,618	255
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	302	43
F: Construction	16,324	520
G: Wholesale & retail trade	16,037	9,567
H: Transport & storage	7,550	1,461
I: Accommodation & catering	2,352	2,669
J: Information & communication	2,928	1,341
K: Financial & insurance	1,625	1,386
L: Real estate activities.	450	271
M: Professional, scientific & technical	6,052	2,154
N: Administrative & support	345	545
O: Public administration & defence	16,063	4,825
P: Education	8,360	9,620
Q: Human health & social work	3,169	6,623
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,207	2,042
T: Activities of households	1,111	2,270
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2,986	89

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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