Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,511	78
B: Mining & quarrying	3	1
C: Manufacturing	895	166
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	0
F: Construction	354	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	284	44
H: Transport & storage	191	1
I: Accommodation & catering	86	19
J: Information & communication	0	1
K: Financial & insurance	7	0
L: Real estate activities.	17	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	43	0
N: Administrative & support	280	9
O: Public administration & defence	126	1
P: Education	31	71
Q: Human health & social work	36	32
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	40	100
T: Activities of households	454	1,212
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,650	233
B: Mining & quarrying	13	0
C: Manufacturing	1,455	471
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	10	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	5	2
F: Construction	493	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	439	94
H: Transport & storage	311	8
I: Accommodation & catering	147	161
J: Information & communication	9	4
K: Financial & insurance	12	0
L: Real estate activities.	69	49
M: Professional, scientific & technical	88	0
N: Administrative & support	49	2
O: Public administration & defence	130	8
P: Education	37	99
Q: Human health & social work	83	101
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	61	253
T: Activities of households	204	1,077
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,688	146
B: Mining & quarrying	17	0
C: Manufacturing	1,537	346
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	7	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	0
F: Construction	646	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	397	70
H: Transport & storage	417	3
I: Accommodation & catering	148	43
J: Information & communication	11	3
K: Financial & insurance	21	0
L: Real estate activities.	11	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	81	0
N: Administrative & support	129	6
O: Public administration & defence	159	11
P: Education	47	141
Q: Human health & social work	42	70
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	57	337
T: Activities of households	234	1,241
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,416	106
B: Mining & quarrying	25	0
C: Manufacturing	2,096	881
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	121	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	33	1
F: Construction	1,326	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,434	338
H: Transport & storage	1,451	25
I: Accommodation & catering	201	173
J: Information & communication	78	28
K: Financial & insurance	309	13
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	274	47
N: Administrative & support	793	228
O: Public administration & defence	632	114
P: Education	133	280
Q: Human health & social work	96	265
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	359	755
T: Activities of households	556	2,539
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,806	461
B: Mining & quarrying	119	0
C: Manufacturing	8,620	3,121
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	626	8
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	70	1
F: Construction	4,019	31
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,520	1,194
H: Transport & storage	2,364	197
I: Accommodation & catering	458	417
J: Information & communication	106	25
K: Financial & insurance	674	129
L: Real estate activities.	95	17
M: Professional, scientific & technical	434	143
N: Administrative & support	1	4
O: Public administration & defence	3,840	216
P: Education	315	496
Q: Human health & social work	247	500
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	619	561
T: Activities of households	488	2,247
U: Extraterritorial bodies	5	2

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,103	412
B: Mining & quarrying	62	1
C: Manufacturing	24,889	11,493
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,119	77
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	36	1
F: Construction	6,944	205
G: Wholesale & retail trade	5,242	3,570
H: Transport & storage	10,605	2,139
I: Accommodation & catering	681	2,141
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	483	217
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	330	185
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	9,526	2,607
P: Education	564	1,239
Q: Human health & social work	979	2,200
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,807	978
T: Activities of households	284	1,170
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	460	70
B: Mining & quarrying	100	40
C: Manufacturing	27,130	12,760
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	980	190
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	30	0
F: Construction	7,670	560
G: Wholesale & retail trade	8,130	6,890
H: Transport & storage	23,740	5,990
I: Accommodation & catering	1,490	1,960
J: Information & communication	1,990	990
K: Financial & insurance	1,150	880
L: Real estate activities.	180	180
M: Professional, scientific & technical	920	630
N: Administrative & support	770	1,290
O: Public administration & defence	8,100	4,410
P: Education	1,240	4,150
Q: Human health & social work	1,270	3,640
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	840	1,150
T: Activities of households	160	460
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1,280	210

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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