Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	517	19
B: Mining & quarrying	0	0
C: Manufacturing	141	35
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	0	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	56	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	39	5
H: Transport & storage	32	0
I: Accommodation & catering	10	2
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	1	0
L: Real estate activities.	1	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	4	0
N: Administrative & support	27	0
O: Public administration & defence	12	0
P: Education	4	8
Q: Human health & social work	4	3
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	8	7
T: Activities of households	50	153
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	486	38
B: Mining & quarrying	1	0
C: Manufacturing	121	36
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	0	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	74	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	33	11
H: Transport & storage	57	1
I: Accommodation & catering	15	15
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	1	0
L: Real estate activities.	3	2
M: Professional, scientific & technical	3	0
N: Administrative & support	4	0
O: Public administration & defence	61	1
P: Education	3	13
Q: Human health & social work	3	5
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	9	17
T: Activities of households	14	69
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	353	8
B: Mining & quarrying	0	0
C: Manufacturing	110	15
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	0	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	28	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	21	4
H: Transport & storage	46	0
I: Accommodation & catering	7	1
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	1	0
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1	0
N: Administrative & support	6	0
O: Public administration & defence	7	1
P: Education	2	6
Q: Human health & social work	0	0
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	4	3
T: Activities of households	7	56
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	749	15
B: Mining & quarrying	6	0
C: Manufacturing	322	113
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	14	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	5	0
F: Construction	222	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	224	52
H: Transport & storage	268	2
I: Accommodation & catering	43	57
J: Information & communication	9	4
K: Financial & insurance	46	1
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	25	2
N: Administrative & support	97	19
O: Public administration & defence	89	14
P: Education	17	43
Q: Human health & social work	13	31
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	66	85
T: Activities of households	95	360
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	389	33
B: Mining & quarrying	7	0
C: Manufacturing	803	207
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	148	2
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	35	0
F: Construction	926	11
G: Wholesale & retail trade	977	360
H: Transport & storage	571	54
I: Accommodation & catering	81	123
J: Information & communication	13	4
K: Financial & insurance	192	57
L: Real estate activities.	31	6
M: Professional, scientific & technical	84	26
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	284	21
P: Education	52	88
Q: Human health & social work	49	75
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	141	111
T: Activities of households	112	531
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	310	31
B: Mining & quarrying	0	0
C: Manufacturing	867	986
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	187	6
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	7	1
F: Construction	757	22
G: Wholesale & retail trade	878	453
H: Transport & storage	560	48
I: Accommodation & catering	106	231
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	69	27
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	39	15
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	539	51
P: Education	77	132
Q: Human health & social work	45	51
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	248	161
T: Activities of households	33	147
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,270	145
B: Mining & quarrying	55	1
C: Manufacturing	3,677	1,033
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	200	17
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	52	3
F: Construction	1,886	70
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,781	784
H: Transport & storage	951	105
I: Accommodation & catering	224	183
J: Information & communication	186	82
K: Financial & insurance	157	92
L: Real estate activities.	50	30
M: Professional, scientific & technical	349	98
N: Administrative & support	32	38
O: Public administration & defence	701	295
P: Education	282	506
Q: Human health & social work	204	345
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	231	207
T: Activities of households	81	181
U: Extraterritorial bodies	28	3

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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