Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	12,515	346
B: Mining & quarrying	23	1
C: Manufacturing	4,450	851
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	5	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	2
F: Construction	1,675	9
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,064	168
H: Transport & storage	1,227	2
I: Accommodation & catering	330	63
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	12	0
L: Real estate activities.	23	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	115	0
N: Administrative & support	674	8
O: Public administration & defence	182	8
P: Education	112	203
Q: Human health & social work	82	103
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	165	148
T: Activities of households	1,095	4,381
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	12,513	2,826
B: Mining & quarrying	20	1
C: Manufacturing	3,680	2,195
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	15	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	22	2
F: Construction	1,436	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,354	537
H: Transport & storage	1,214	21
I: Accommodation & catering	442	475
J: Information & communication	11	2
K: Financial & insurance	15	3
L: Real estate activities.	135	192
M: Professional, scientific & technical	134	0
N: Administrative & support	187	9
O: Public administration & defence	232	11
P: Education	86	383
Q: Human health & social work	58	142
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	246	538
T: Activities of households	283	2,629
U: Extraterritorial bodies	9	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	10,886	684
B: Mining & quarrying	32	1
C: Manufacturing	3,292	1,528
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	23	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	7	0
F: Construction	1,660	8
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,199	312
H: Transport & storage	1,173	15
I: Accommodation & catering	310	157
J: Information & communication	26	10
K: Financial & insurance	41	0
L: Real estate activities.	31	1
M: Professional, scientific & technical	156	1
N: Administrative & support	249	6
O: Public administration & defence	288	26
P: Education	136	442
Q: Human health & social work	47	120
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	168	654
T: Activities of households	476	3,759
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	13,434	410
B: Mining & quarrying	85	0
C: Manufacturing	4,016	1,517
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	70	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	23	0
F: Construction	2,409	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,291	852
H: Transport & storage	2,543	24
I: Accommodation & catering	434	556
J: Information & communication	54	53
K: Financial & insurance	176	1
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	148	8
N: Administrative & support	275	80
O: Public administration & defence	567	165
P: Education	185	648
Q: Human health & social work	114	297
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	549	1,086
T: Activities of households	1,283	4,282
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	12,589	625
B: Mining & quarrying	210	0
C: Manufacturing	3,468	582
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	167	6
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	33	2
F: Construction	1,486	10
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,473	1,283
H: Transport & storage	2,869	206
I: Accommodation & catering	372	418
J: Information & communication	8	3
K: Financial & insurance	206	38
L: Real estate activities.	94	10
M: Professional, scientific & technical	150	37
N: Administrative & support	0	3
O: Public administration & defence	2,101	53
P: Education	197	591
Q: Human health & social work	176	310
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	438	287
T: Activities of households	1,264	3,339
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	12,281	1,562
B: Mining & quarrying	199	0
C: Manufacturing	3,733	1,011
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	377	32
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	44	0
F: Construction	2,983	50
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,534	2,000
H: Transport & storage	2,798	320
I: Accommodation & catering	547	980
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	305	76
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	128	76
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	5,052	371
P: Education	283	569
Q: Human health & social work	168	452
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,343	404
T: Activities of households	358	1,141
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,831	475
B: Mining & quarrying	128	2
C: Manufacturing	6,095	1,218
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	210	11
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	44	2
F: Construction	4,126	79
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,658	1,109
H: Transport & storage	1,283	76
I: Accommodation & catering	469	271
J: Information & communication	187	61
K: Financial & insurance	274	95
L: Real estate activities.	75	23
M: Professional, scientific & technical	211	79
N: Administrative & support	38	16
O: Public administration & defence	2,253	345
P: Education	651	804
Q: Human health & social work	372	369
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	438	227
T: Activities of households	211	361
U: Extraterritorial bodies	74	4

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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