Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	77	5
Textiles & clothing	398	246
Wood & paper	42	15
Chemicals	2	0
Low tech	65	1
High tech.	53	1
Other	12	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	117	7
Textiles & clothing	1,609	2,114
Wood & paper	32	2
Chemicals	10	0
Low tech	102	1
High tech.	40	0
Other	20	4

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	162	14
Textiles & clothing	2,309	2,145
Wood & paper	31	10
Chemicals	19	0
Low tech	337	5
High tech.	137	8
Other	180	29

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	237	52
Textiles & clothing	4,213	2,738
Wood & paper	78	89
Chemicals	19	4
Low tech	467	3
High tech.	351	1
Other	230	20

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	358	49
Textiles & clothing	4,462	3,621
Wood & paper	99	181
Chemicals	13	5
Low tech	581	11
High tech.	341	17
Other	179	66

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	523	161
Textiles & clothing	3,054	2,990
Wood & paper	161	145
Chemicals	285	75
Low tech	1,148	207
High tech.	535	79
Other	434	205

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	466	177
Textiles & clothing	1,651	1,192
Wood & paper	227	55
Chemicals	359	97
Low tech	2,582	158
High tech.	1,506	222
Other	91	44

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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