Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	283	55
B: Mining & quarrying	9	0
C: Manufacturing	3,756	903
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	17	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	17	0
F: Construction	1,495	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	964	136
H: Transport & storage	660	5
I: Accommodation & catering	117	25
J: Information & communication	17	0
K: Financial & insurance	32	1
L: Real estate activities.	27	1
M: Professional, scientific & technical	110	0
N: Administrative & support	693	3
O: Public administration & defence	191	4
P: Education	89	118
Q: Human health & social work	72	94
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	248	487
T: Activities of households	362	1,676
U: Extraterritorial bodies	6	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,576	55
B: Mining & quarrying	81	1
C: Manufacturing	12,167	6,274
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	295	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	70	4
F: Construction	5,825	9
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,642	808
H: Transport & storage	4,173	28
I: Accommodation & catering	981	640
J: Information & communication	292	131
K: Financial & insurance	315	1
L: Real estate activities.	397	393
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,063	2
N: Administrative & support	1,901	8
O: Public administration & defence	1,102	61
P: Education	236	802
Q: Human health & social work	226	542
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	787	3,141
T: Activities of households	839	8,233
U: Extraterritorial bodies	30	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,868	53
B: Mining & quarrying	163	3
C: Manufacturing	18,923	9,301
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	296	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	144	33
F: Construction	10,519	75
G: Wholesale & retail trade	7,405	1,160
H: Transport & storage	8,930	79
I: Accommodation & catering	1,946	819
J: Information & communication	767	84
K: Financial & insurance	1,069	28
L: Real estate activities.	299	5
M: Professional, scientific & technical	2,305	64
N: Administrative & support	6,369	242
O: Public administration & defence	2,760	131
P: Education	535	1,714
Q: Human health & social work	630	1,031
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,506	5,261
T: Activities of households	1,579	17,077
U: Extraterritorial bodies	11	1

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	947	9
B: Mining & quarrying	128	6
C: Manufacturing	25,589	15,709
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,039	2
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	422	1
F: Construction	12,272	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	15,743	3,767
H: Transport & storage	18,567	419
I: Accommodation & catering	4,687	3,283
J: Information & communication	1,372	352
K: Financial & insurance	2,705	184
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	2,475	261
N: Administrative & support	10,871	3,459
O: Public administration & defence	6,936	1,104
P: Education	834	1,947
Q: Human health & social work	864	2,208
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	6,540	8,819
T: Activities of households	1,540	14,569
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	464	28
B: Mining & quarrying	53	16
C: Manufacturing	29,916	17,717
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,268	121
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	427	143
F: Construction	10,866	214
G: Wholesale & retail trade	22,886	11,298
H: Transport & storage	16,020	1,680
I: Accommodation & catering	7,008	6,731
J: Information & communication	1,037	450
K: Financial & insurance	3,635	1,710
L: Real estate activities.	962	539
M: Professional, scientific & technical	2,524	1,129
N: Administrative & support	23	24
O: Public administration & defence	8,410	1,929
P: Education	1,101	2,335
Q: Human health & social work	1,426	3,407
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	5,469	5,491
T: Activities of households	934	8,697
U: Extraterritorial bodies	25	17

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	95	16
B: Mining & quarrying	24	11
C: Manufacturing	21,523	11,240
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,972	231
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	186	6
F: Construction	13,212	487
G: Wholesale & retail trade	12,608	8,808
H: Transport & storage	12,006	2,213
I: Accommodation & catering	3,231	5,494
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	1,466	701
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,157	763
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	12,757	4,102
P: Education	1,446	2,215
Q: Human health & social work	2,207	5,327
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	4,007	4,286
T: Activities of households	155	1,926
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	20	0
B: Mining & quarrying	40	0
C: Manufacturing	13,090	6,950
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,020	200
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	100	0
F: Construction	11,430	870
G: Wholesale & retail trade	11,500	10,350
H: Transport & storage	11,390	2,440
I: Accommodation & catering	1,940	1,960
J: Information & communication	3,920	1,370
K: Financial & insurance	920	780
L: Real estate activities.	330	200
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,250	720
N: Administrative & support	920	1,230
O: Public administration & defence	13,870	8,280
P: Education	2,570	5,740
Q: Human health & social work	2,470	6,670
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,600	3,580
T: Activities of households	30	410
U: Extraterritorial bodies	20	30

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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