Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,886	84
B: Mining & quarrying	3	0
C: Manufacturing	2,052	748
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	0
F: Construction	597	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	407	42
H: Transport & storage	146	6
I: Accommodation & catering	123	30
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	4	0
L: Real estate activities.	6	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	22	0
N: Administrative & support	162	2
O: Public administration & defence	184	2
P: Education	44	59
Q: Human health & social work	29	27
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	71	42
T: Activities of households	422	1,407
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,248	524
B: Mining & quarrying	22	0
C: Manufacturing	2,075	1,464
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	5	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	0
F: Construction	582	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	348	115
H: Transport & storage	134	15
I: Accommodation & catering	116	107
J: Information & communication	4	0
K: Financial & insurance	6	0
L: Real estate activities.	44	48
M: Professional, scientific & technical	39	0
N: Administrative & support	31	1
O: Public administration & defence	51	5
P: Education	38	130
Q: Human health & social work	19	40
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	104	186
T: Activities of households	148	805
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,001	64
B: Mining & quarrying	429	0
C: Manufacturing	2,965	1,416
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	11	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	794	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	366	99
H: Transport & storage	201	3
I: Accommodation & catering	103	38
J: Information & communication	6	4
K: Financial & insurance	12	0
L: Real estate activities.	18	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	29	0
N: Administrative & support	63	2
O: Public administration & defence	92	12
P: Education	72	167
Q: Human health & social work	20	49
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	69	191
T: Activities of households	198	1,392
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,012	90
B: Mining & quarrying	570	0
C: Manufacturing	6,679	3,183
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	67	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	13	0
F: Construction	976	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,008	296
H: Transport & storage	1,202	26
I: Accommodation & catering	166	145
J: Information & communication	31	14
K: Financial & insurance	91	0
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	57	3
N: Administrative & support	210	86
O: Public administration & defence	257	58
P: Education	105	261
Q: Human health & social work	50	105
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	230	350
T: Activities of households	607	1,433
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,077	58
B: Mining & quarrying	377	0
C: Manufacturing	7,237	3,939
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	157	3
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	18	3
F: Construction	744	7
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,220	399
H: Transport & storage	595	62
I: Accommodation & catering	155	99
J: Information & communication	2	0
K: Financial & insurance	93	10
L: Real estate activities.	30	2
M: Professional, scientific & technical	79	25
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	426	19
P: Education	113	234
Q: Human health & social work	90	148
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	226	91
T: Activities of households	598	1,030
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,224	156
B: Mining & quarrying	652	8
C: Manufacturing	7,914	4,756
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	242	21
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	22	0
F: Construction	1,315	28
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,329	727
H: Transport & storage	712	115
I: Accommodation & catering	206	303
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	155	26
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	54	46
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	542	56
P: Education	300	317
Q: Human health & social work	81	150
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	310	224
T: Activities of households	154	371
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	861	87
B: Mining & quarrying	46	2
C: Manufacturing	7,494	2,051
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	101	14
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	42	3
F: Construction	1,641	41
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,591	660
H: Transport & storage	878	104
I: Accommodation & catering	192	194
J: Information & communication	171	64
K: Financial & insurance	125	65
L: Real estate activities.	25	12
M: Professional, scientific & technical	170	66
N: Administrative & support	55	33
O: Public administration & defence	748	207
P: Education	357	435
Q: Human health & social work	159	231
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	205	123
T: Activities of households	67	142
U: Extraterritorial bodies	114	6

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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