Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	17,115	1,032
B: Mining & quarrying	6,471	35
C: Manufacturing	22,394	9,866
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	4	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	32	13
F: Construction	3,697	8
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,218	316
H: Transport & storage	1,048	24
I: Accommodation & catering	742	200
J: Information & communication	3	0
K: Financial & insurance	23	0
L: Real estate activities.	51	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	177	0
N: Administrative & support	1,046	16
O: Public administration & defence	243	9
P: Education	290	358
Q: Human health & social work	176	56
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	320	202
T: Activities of households	4,762	8,732
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	19,167	6,863
B: Mining & quarrying	13,526	6
C: Manufacturing	29,662	18,565
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	81	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	71	16
F: Construction	8,238	6
G: Wholesale & retail trade	4,068	1,275
H: Transport & storage	2,403	111
I: Accommodation & catering	1,248	1,411
J: Information & communication	39	6
K: Financial & insurance	69	5
L: Real estate activities.	460	485
M: Professional, scientific & technical	337	0
N: Administrative & support	453	23
O: Public administration & defence	489	14
P: Education	352	792
Q: Human health & social work	213	207
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	588	1,437
T: Activities of households	820	6,980
U: Extraterritorial bodies	5	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	15,029	766
B: Mining & quarrying	25,825	55
C: Manufacturing	25,641	15,635
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	160	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	62	5
F: Construction	7,333	24
G: Wholesale & retail trade	4,250	890
H: Transport & storage	4,045	52
I: Accommodation & catering	1,032	556
J: Information & communication	99	29
K: Financial & insurance	245	5
L: Real estate activities.	127	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	517	5
N: Administrative & support	1,404	35
O: Public administration & defence	787	100
P: Education	568	1,323
Q: Human health & social work	257	284
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	670	1,678
T: Activities of households	1,721	12,625
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	16,749	1,897
B: Mining & quarrying	59,296	10
C: Manufacturing	46,016	23,290
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	792	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	228	1
F: Construction	11,205	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	10,640	3,388
H: Transport & storage	14,187	158
I: Accommodation & catering	1,938	1,931
J: Information & communication	285	196
K: Financial & insurance	1,579	14
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	691	33
N: Administrative & support	2,854	479
O: Public administration & defence	1,874	433
P: Education	976	2,617
Q: Human health & social work	493	1,083
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,266	3,147
T: Activities of households	3,190	13,649
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	13,734	814
B: Mining & quarrying	59,313	186
C: Manufacturing	50,136	26,485
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,484	44
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	394	18
F: Construction	8,298	86
G: Wholesale & retail trade	15,355	6,363
H: Transport & storage	14,092	895
I: Accommodation & catering	2,098	2,500
J: Information & communication	20	2
K: Financial & insurance	1,875	265
L: Real estate activities.	355	62
M: Professional, scientific & technical	987	226
N: Administrative & support	0	17
O: Public administration & defence	5,830	473
P: Education	1,537	3,384
Q: Human health & social work	843	1,597
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,295	1,473
T: Activities of households	2,798	11,976
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	1

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	12,233	1,219
B: Mining & quarrying	45,726	500
C: Manufacturing	58,332	29,256
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,420	247
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	537	13
F: Construction	13,653	341
G: Wholesale & retail trade	14,628	10,315
H: Transport & storage	13,095	1,575
I: Accommodation & catering	2,231	5,752
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	1,736	473
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	640	375
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	8,552	1,525
P: Education	2,317	3,707
Q: Human health & social work	1,370	2,822
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,725	2,092
T: Activities of households	879	3,348
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	7,023	849
B: Mining & quarrying	21,125	320
C: Manufacturing	68,192	20,377
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	3,690	236
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	664	48
F: Construction	16,832	585
G: Wholesale & retail trade	16,762	10,188
H: Transport & storage	11,519	2,661
I: Accommodation & catering	2,258	2,738
J: Information & communication	1,024	357
K: Financial & insurance	1,399	870
L: Real estate activities.	317	118
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,367	586
N: Administrative & support	1,016	311
O: Public administration & defence	6,099	2,812
P: Education	4,196	6,608
Q: Human health & social work	2,009	3,965
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,020	1,968
T: Activities of households	330	1,320
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	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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