Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	76	3
Textiles & clothing	2,220	2,114
Wood & paper	60	2
Chemicals	11	1
Low tech	183	2
High tech.	69	0
Other	50	30

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	106	6
Textiles & clothing	1,583	2,477
Wood & paper	72	20
Chemicals	71	188
Low tech	370	4
High tech.	349	0
Other	57	38

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	138	12
Textiles & clothing	1,303	2,346
Wood & paper	119	56
Chemicals	33	2
Low tech	442	16
High tech.	768	0
Other	208	29

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	202	152
Textiles & clothing	1,206	2,442
Wood & paper	229	111
Chemicals	132	46
Low tech	1,148	43
High tech.	3,110	35
Other	430	166

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	347	316
Textiles & clothing	1,286	1,916
Wood & paper	423	120
Chemicals	334	108
Low tech	1,636	233
High tech.	2,690	139
Other	453	180

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	564	541
Textiles & clothing	1,517	2,183
Wood & paper	386	144
Chemicals	1,591	335
Low tech	2,732	487
High tech.	9,557	1,422
Other	800	394

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	666	607
Textiles & clothing	936	1,287
Wood & paper	415	162
Chemicals	1,504	406
Low tech	1,414	354
High tech.	10,275	1,237
Other	254	122

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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