Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	660	34
B: Mining & quarrying	1	0
C: Manufacturing	392	72
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	155	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	125	20
H: Transport & storage	84	1
I: Accommodation & catering	38	9
J: Information & communication	0	1
K: Financial & insurance	3	0
L: Real estate activities.	7	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	19	0
N: Administrative & support	123	4
O: Public administration & defence	55	1
P: Education	13	31
Q: Human health & social work	16	14
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	18	44
T: Activities of households	199	532
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	608	64
B: Mining & quarrying	3	0
C: Manufacturing	221	125
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	209	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	119	25
H: Transport & storage	115	2
I: Accommodation & catering	52	40
J: Information & communication	2	1
K: Financial & insurance	4	0
L: Real estate activities.	23	15
M: Professional, scientific & technical	36	0
N: Administrative & support	27	1
O: Public administration & defence	50	2
P: Education	17	40
Q: Human health & social work	13	17
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	27	163
T: Activities of households	115	424
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	503	5
B: Mining & quarrying	2	0
C: Manufacturing	281	138
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	9	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	349	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	182	32
H: Transport & storage	205	1
I: Accommodation & catering	56	20
J: Information & communication	8	2
K: Financial & insurance	24	0
L: Real estate activities.	6	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	62	2
N: Administrative & support	73	3
O: Public administration & defence	98	4
P: Education	49	83
Q: Human health & social work	15	39
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	33	167
T: Activities of households	129	794
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	1

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,244	114
B: Mining & quarrying	24	0
C: Manufacturing	2,121	988
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	126	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	33	1
F: Construction	1,333	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,453	381
H: Transport & storage	1,484	28
I: Accommodation & catering	199	193
J: Information & communication	81	32
K: Financial & insurance	317	15
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	281	54
N: Administrative & support	841	261
O: Public administration & defence	647	127
P: Education	132	313
Q: Human health & social work	98	296
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	355	848
T: Activities of households	497	2,822
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	459	25
B: Mining & quarrying	26	3
C: Manufacturing	8,153	2,738
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	648	37
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	60	3
F: Construction	4,319	49
G: Wholesale & retail trade	5,224	2,056
H: Transport & storage	3,243	465
I: Accommodation & catering	537	654
J: Information & communication	165	42
K: Financial & insurance	1,846	433
L: Real estate activities.	259	58
M: Professional, scientific & technical	929	219
N: Administrative & support	3	12
O: Public administration & defence	2,120	259
P: Education	443	595
Q: Human health & social work	408	650
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	981	889
T: Activities of households	551	3,488
U: Extraterritorial bodies	4	5

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	270	47
B: Mining & quarrying	5	2
C: Manufacturing	9,694	5,533
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	906	95
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	26	1
F: Construction	4,084	144
G: Wholesale & retail trade	4,777	3,738
H: Transport & storage	2,631	546
I: Accommodation & catering	436	1,500
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	730	267
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	414	268
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	5,303	2,320
P: Education	736	1,392
Q: Human health & social work	498	1,208
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,328	1,418
T: Activities of households	282	1,618
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	200	30
B: Mining & quarrying	270	200
C: Manufacturing	9,090	4,620
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	720	280
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	10	0
F: Construction	4,420	590
G: Wholesale & retail trade	5,590	5,300
H: Transport & storage	3,280	910
I: Accommodation & catering	570	590
J: Information & communication	1,560	630
K: Financial & insurance	960	1,190
L: Real estate activities.	200	200
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,400	740
N: Administrative & support	150	570
O: Public administration & defence	3,370	2,620
P: Education	980	3,120
Q: Human health & social work	680	1,450
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,030	1,280
T: Activities of households	110	590
U: Extraterritorial bodies	40	20

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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