Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,732	43
B: Mining & quarrying	2	0
C: Manufacturing	555	91
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	0	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	254	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	127	22
H: Transport & storage	105	1
I: Accommodation & catering	38	10
J: Information & communication	2	0
K: Financial & insurance	2	0
L: Real estate activities.	4	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	13	0
N: Administrative & support	89	1
O: Public administration & defence	51	1
P: Education	17	29
Q: Human health & social work	15	11
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	25	34
T: Activities of households	197	655
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,627	204
B: Mining & quarrying	2	0
C: Manufacturing	497	168
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	1
F: Construction	307	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	143	48
H: Transport & storage	174	4
I: Accommodation & catering	76	68
J: Information & communication	2	0
K: Financial & insurance	3	0
L: Real estate activities.	35	23
M: Professional, scientific & technical	20	0
N: Administrative & support	10	0
O: Public administration & defence	686	5
P: Education	22	47
Q: Human health & social work	13	10
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	38	104
T: Activities of households	124	415
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,677	52
B: Mining & quarrying	1	0
C: Manufacturing	404	135
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	4	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	335	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	144	32
H: Transport & storage	114	1
I: Accommodation & catering	67	10
J: Information & communication	2	1
K: Financial & insurance	8	1
L: Real estate activities.	9	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	18	0
N: Administrative & support	20	3
O: Public administration & defence	78	7
P: Education	38	66
Q: Human health & social work	14	14
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	38	146
T: Activities of households	311	869
U: Extraterritorial bodies	3	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,858	60
B: Mining & quarrying	13	0
C: Manufacturing	682	227
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	18	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	0
F: Construction	538	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	334	109
H: Transport & storage	511	6
I: Accommodation & catering	91	85
J: Information & communication	11	6
K: Financial & insurance	27	0
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	30	3
N: Administrative & support	44	17
O: Public administration & defence	1,186	34
P: Education	36	117
Q: Human health & social work	21	71
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	135	241
T: Activities of households	554	1,129
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,048	49
B: Mining & quarrying	36	0
C: Manufacturing	623	112
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	73	6
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	23	0
F: Construction	806	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	743	241
H: Transport & storage	339	52
I: Accommodation & catering	167	167
J: Information & communication	2	0
K: Financial & insurance	61	7
L: Real estate activities.	25	4
M: Professional, scientific & technical	60	9
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	2,175	68
P: Education	75	124
Q: Human health & social work	69	98
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	234	185
T: Activities of households	873	1,491
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,158	141
B: Mining & quarrying	26	5
C: Manufacturing	792	271
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	36	2
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	26	0
F: Construction	783	10
G: Wholesale & retail trade	765	338
H: Transport & storage	600	102
I: Accommodation & catering	169	306
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	94	27
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	44	21
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	4,971	132
P: Education	136	204
Q: Human health & social work	61	157
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	290	163
T: Activities of households	361	739
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	786	95
B: Mining & quarrying	28	1
C: Manufacturing	3,438	441
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	213	21
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	26	0
F: Construction	1,604	41
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,392	580
H: Transport & storage	677	77
I: Accommodation & catering	210	168
J: Information & communication	162	54
K: Financial & insurance	129	61
L: Real estate activities.	42	19
M: Professional, scientific & technical	580	97
N: Administrative & support	22	22
O: Public administration & defence	2,343	344
P: Education	300	420
Q: Human health & social work	214	296
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	199	138
T: Activities of households	130	203
U: Extraterritorial bodies	12	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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