Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	60	3
Textiles & clothing	129	60
Wood & paper	27	2
Chemicals	8	2
Low tech	106	1
High tech.	47	2
Other	16	1

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	41	4
Textiles & clothing	83	115
Wood & paper	16	1
Chemicals	4	0
Low tech	42	2
High tech.	20	0
Other	16	3

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	68	9
Textiles & clothing	82	118
Wood & paper	12	4
Chemicals	9	0
Low tech	48	0
High tech.	29	0
Other	33	7

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	244	108
Textiles & clothing	302	654
Wood & paper	119	31
Chemicals	133	72
Low tech	220	24
High tech.	609	23
Other	494	74

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	636	207
Textiles & clothing	884	735
Wood & paper	462	80
Chemicals	708	384
Low tech	728	127
High tech.	2,211	481
Other	2,524	722

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	368	167
Textiles & clothing	308	823
Wood & paper	294	111
Chemicals	452	583
Low tech	822	311
High tech.	2,069	905
Other	5,382	2,632

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	170	50
Textiles & clothing	120	570
Wood & paper	370	250
Chemicals	4,040	1,930
Low tech	920	300
High tech.	3,070	1,200
Other	400	320

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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