Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,044	68
Textiles & clothing	4,601	3,826
Wood & paper	1,059	111
Chemicals	216	18
Low tech	3,117	112
High tech.	2,968	44
Other	4,920	355

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,874	216
Textiles & clothing	6,242	10,977
Wood & paper	1,417	364
Chemicals	858	61
Low tech	5,264	239
High tech.	3,924	57
Other	6,236	775

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,215	446
Textiles & clothing	5,778	11,334
Wood & paper	2,289	1,578
Chemicals	1,140	202
Low tech	6,519	393
High tech.	4,132	95
Other	13,201	5,866

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,010	2,298
Textiles & clothing	5,400	16,887
Wood & paper	2,278	2,910
Chemicals	1,292	671
Low tech	6,441	1,563
High tech.	7,907	507
Other	13,977	6,188

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,858	4,131
Textiles & clothing	5,554	14,002
Wood & paper	1,923	2,458
Chemicals	1,579	1,143
Low tech	4,318	1,380
High tech.	7,183	2,182
Other	14,243	7,019

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	4,833	2,370
Textiles & clothing	5,918	11,684
Wood & paper	1,727	1,335
Chemicals	2,968	1,668
Low tech	4,733	1,912
High tech.	9,659	3,794
Other	13,547	6,394

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,540	720
Textiles & clothing	4,430	6,510
Wood & paper	1,110	550
Chemicals	2,330	1,290
Low tech	2,850	880
High tech.	8,630	2,620
Other	3,210	1,200

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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