Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	639	16
B: Mining & quarrying	1	0
C: Manufacturing	205	34
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	0	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	94	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	47	8
H: Transport & storage	39	0
I: Accommodation & catering	14	4
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	1	0
L: Real estate activities.	2	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	5	0
N: Administrative & support	33	0
O: Public administration & defence	19	0
P: Education	6	11
Q: Human health & social work	6	4
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	9	12
T: Activities of households	73	242
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	763	65
B: Mining & quarrying	2	0
C: Manufacturing	633	254
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	4	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	0
F: Construction	553	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	216	63
H: Transport & storage	384	4
I: Accommodation & catering	67	63
J: Information & communication	3	0
K: Financial & insurance	2	1
L: Real estate activities.	59	47
M: Professional, scientific & technical	32	0
N: Administrative & support	41	1
O: Public administration & defence	233	3
P: Education	22	77
Q: Human health & social work	14	21
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	41	251
T: Activities of households	134	587
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	885	27
B: Mining & quarrying	1	0
C: Manufacturing	740	218
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	5	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	0
F: Construction	553	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	210	41
H: Transport & storage	579	5
I: Accommodation & catering	68	36
J: Information & communication	8	4
K: Financial & insurance	14	0
L: Real estate activities.	6	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	36	0
N: Administrative & support	70	0
O: Public administration & defence	740	5
P: Education	25	89
Q: Human health & social work	15	30
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	38	256
T: Activities of households	274	948
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,751	50
B: Mining & quarrying	14	0
C: Manufacturing	1,424	366
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	41	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	9	0
F: Construction	803	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	634	170
H: Transport & storage	894	9
I: Accommodation & catering	154	122
J: Information & communication	22	12
K: Financial & insurance	56	1
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	49	3
N: Administrative & support	101	32
O: Public administration & defence	2,590	38
P: Education	58	143
Q: Human health & social work	43	96
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	210	324
T: Activities of households	573	1,272
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,018	65
B: Mining & quarrying	12	0
C: Manufacturing	4,122	422
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	104	6
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	27	1
F: Construction	926	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,188	500
H: Transport & storage	2,165	81
I: Accommodation & catering	112	124
J: Information & communication	8	1
K: Financial & insurance	84	17
L: Real estate activities.	34	9
M: Professional, scientific & technical	49	10
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	1,157	59
P: Education	100	178
Q: Human health & social work	88	124
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	163	141
T: Activities of households	556	1,056
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,555	147
B: Mining & quarrying	11	1
C: Manufacturing	9,386	1,687
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	52	3
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	47	2
F: Construction	1,161	18
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,370	773
H: Transport & storage	2,323	197
I: Accommodation & catering	171	435
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	110	26
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	48	23
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	2,057	140
P: Education	152	238
Q: Human health & social work	124	263
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	238	250
T: Activities of households	304	506
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,233	145
B: Mining & quarrying	44	2
C: Manufacturing	5,697	753
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	358	43
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	42	0
F: Construction	2,609	69
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,327	1,019
H: Transport & storage	1,252	152
I: Accommodation & catering	344	290
J: Information & communication	269	92
K: Financial & insurance	226	115
L: Real estate activities.	68	31
M: Professional, scientific & technical	922	158
N: Administrative & support	37	42
O: Public administration & defence	3,769	568
P: Education	515	704
Q: Human health & social work	353	499
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	329	236
T: Activities of households	204	314
U: Extraterritorial bodies	20	1

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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