Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,267	104
B: Mining & quarrying	0	0
C: Manufacturing	1,091	1,042
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	0	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	1
F: Construction	350	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	277	35
H: Transport & storage	91	1
I: Accommodation & catering	96	19
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	2	0
L: Real estate activities.	7	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	22	0
N: Administrative & support	136	2
O: Public administration & defence	39	2
P: Education	27	37
Q: Human health & social work	18	18
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	44	34
T: Activities of households	445	874
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,316	405
B: Mining & quarrying	8	0
C: Manufacturing	1,462	2,783
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	8	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	0
F: Construction	582	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	299	116
H: Transport & storage	224	24
I: Accommodation & catering	116	131
J: Information & communication	6	0
K: Financial & insurance	3	0
L: Real estate activities.	32	28
M: Professional, scientific & technical	33	0
N: Administrative & support	28	0
O: Public administration & defence	42	1
P: Education	28	101
Q: Human health & social work	15	38
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	69	154
T: Activities of households	121	543
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,289	27
B: Mining & quarrying	2	0
C: Manufacturing	2,097	1,945
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	16	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	889	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	369	84
H: Transport & storage	371	5
I: Accommodation & catering	106	37
J: Information & communication	13	3
K: Financial & insurance	10	1
L: Real estate activities.	4	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	35	0
N: Administrative & support	64	4
O: Public administration & defence	88	12
P: Education	47	147
Q: Human health & social work	17	26
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	73	211
T: Activities of households	200	1,112
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,291	106
B: Mining & quarrying	23	0
C: Manufacturing	2,996	973
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	45	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	12	0
F: Construction	1,094	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	862	254
H: Transport & storage	1,024	14
I: Accommodation & catering	207	163
J: Information & communication	28	17
K: Financial & insurance	80	1
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	94	8
N: Administrative & support	123	50
O: Public administration & defence	227	72
P: Education	86	260
Q: Human health & social work	47	115
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	241	462
T: Activities of households	905	1,969
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,537	35
B: Mining & quarrying	34	1
C: Manufacturing	4,826	1,166
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	125	4
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	8	1
F: Construction	634	6
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,219	414
H: Transport & storage	1,336	74
I: Accommodation & catering	114	103
J: Information & communication	12	3
K: Financial & insurance	81	9
L: Real estate activities.	24	4
M: Professional, scientific & technical	72	21
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	335	33
P: Education	93	212
Q: Human health & social work	48	83
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	130	125
T: Activities of households	484	1,001
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,421	129
B: Mining & quarrying	22	0
C: Manufacturing	6,036	1,740
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	218	17
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	8	0
F: Construction	1,005	19
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,200	771
H: Transport & storage	1,642	202
I: Accommodation & catering	228	373
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	114	39
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	76	24
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,580	195
P: Education	153	245
Q: Human health & social work	66	123
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	185	138
T: Activities of households	101	328
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	884	116
B: Mining & quarrying	31	5
C: Manufacturing	5,648	1,220
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	104	15
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	43	6
F: Construction	1,822	57
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,081	928
H: Transport & storage	887	114
I: Accommodation & catering	300	190
J: Information & communication	734	199
K: Financial & insurance	182	143
L: Real estate activities.	70	21
M: Professional, scientific & technical	578	171
N: Administrative & support	59	72
O: Public administration & defence	1,695	373
P: Education	542	832
Q: Human health & social work	295	467
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	253	226
T: Activities of households	154	264
U: Extraterritorial bodies	27	2

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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