Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	28	5
Textiles & clothing	226	68
Wood & paper	38	0
Chemicals	11	0
Low tech	464	22
High tech.	59	1
Other	12	1

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	52	7
Textiles & clothing	261	232
Wood & paper	36	1
Chemicals	45	0
Low tech	465	5
High tech.	56	0
Other	19	5

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	41	7
Textiles & clothing	321	389
Wood & paper	42	4
Chemicals	65	3
Low tech	995	86
High tech.	165	0
Other	320	14

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	308	98
Textiles & clothing	323	839
Wood & paper	92	2
Chemicals	180	3
Low tech	2,470	179
High tech.	1,049	0
Other	943	10

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	377	59
Textiles & clothing	236	234
Wood & paper	54	2
Chemicals	87	1
Low tech	410	12
High tech.	407	7
Other	116	13

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	349	86
Textiles & clothing	136	888
Wood & paper	256	128
Chemicals	326	224
Low tech	964	430
High tech.	947	124
Other	705	214

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	289	49
Textiles & clothing	440	357
Wood & paper	597	94
Chemicals	2,202	218
Low tech	3,346	410
High tech.	3,428	804
Other	683	133

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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