Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	9,088	435
B: Mining & quarrying	798	163
C: Manufacturing	3,208	737
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	0
F: Construction	2,038	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	590	174
H: Transport & storage	1,180	12
I: Accommodation & catering	170	130
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	3	0
L: Real estate activities.	24	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	54	0
N: Administrative & support	230	3
O: Public administration & defence	297	2
P: Education	118	84
Q: Human health & social work	54	19
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	201	127
T: Activities of households	1,335	6,059
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	8,332	4,485
B: Mining & quarrying	687	1
C: Manufacturing	3,804	2,254
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	11	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	1
F: Construction	2,180	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	830	469
H: Transport & storage	1,734	115
I: Accommodation & catering	250	487
J: Information & communication	16	0
K: Financial & insurance	6	0
L: Real estate activities.	139	186
M: Professional, scientific & technical	131	0
N: Administrative & support	104	9
O: Public administration & defence	2,252	9
P: Education	126	164
Q: Human health & social work	65	53
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	303	560
T: Activities of households	259	3,463
U: Extraterritorial bodies	4	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,960	1,210
B: Mining & quarrying	668	39
C: Manufacturing	4,261	1,984
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	14	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	0
F: Construction	2,004	7
G: Wholesale & retail trade	952	456
H: Transport & storage	1,544	13
I: Accommodation & catering	184	278
J: Information & communication	32	7
K: Financial & insurance	57	0
L: Real estate activities.	27	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	162	7
N: Administrative & support	148	6
O: Public administration & defence	1,536	33
P: Education	200	252
Q: Human health & social work	44	74
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	270	781
T: Activities of households	549	5,202
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	8,936	2,798
B: Mining & quarrying	1,201	0
C: Manufacturing	4,820	2,145
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	74	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	6	0
F: Construction	2,502	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,859	1,038
H: Transport & storage	2,852	20
I: Accommodation & catering	296	679
J: Information & communication	45	38
K: Financial & insurance	225	0
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	166	2
N: Administrative & support	208	30
O: Public administration & defence	2,002	179
P: Education	259	503
Q: Human health & social work	82	164
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	471	949
T: Activities of households	629	4,106
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	10,207	1,198
B: Mining & quarrying	614	1
C: Manufacturing	2,451	485
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	153	4
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	129	1
F: Construction	1,562	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,984	1,125
H: Transport & storage	2,572	185
I: Accommodation & catering	311	575
J: Information & communication	32	0
K: Financial & insurance	288	23
L: Real estate activities.	64	7
M: Professional, scientific & technical	150	31
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,819	56
P: Education	329	619
Q: Human health & social work	125	256
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	538	202
T: Activities of households	620	3,000
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	8,823	1,128
B: Mining & quarrying	194	3
C: Manufacturing	3,055	530
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	520	82
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	29	0
F: Construction	2,602	23
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,109	1,622
H: Transport & storage	2,807	380
I: Accommodation & catering	475	973
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	414	68
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	172	79
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	5,102	579
P: Education	369	544
Q: Human health & social work	183	502
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	608	324
T: Activities of households	112	798
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,365	403
B: Mining & quarrying	125	0
C: Manufacturing	3,113	339
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	787	39
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	132	4
F: Construction	4,943	94
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,758	1,129
H: Transport & storage	2,429	146
I: Accommodation & catering	747	491
J: Information & communication	142	39
K: Financial & insurance	316	87
L: Real estate activities.	120	39
M: Professional, scientific & technical	313	75
N: Administrative & support	40	30
O: Public administration & defence	3,699	382
P: Education	700	685
Q: Human health & social work	308	366
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	467	135
T: Activities of households	11	66
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

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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