Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	186	5
B: Mining & quarrying	10	0
C: Manufacturing	471	166
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	0	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	58	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	57	7
H: Transport & storage	25	1
I: Accommodation & catering	15	4
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	1	0
L: Real estate activities.	1	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	3	0
N: Administrative & support	24	0
O: Public administration & defence	6	0
P: Education	3	7
Q: Human health & social work	4	4
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	7	6
T: Activities of households	56	150
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	232	51
B: Mining & quarrying	2	0
C: Manufacturing	250	264
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	0	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	29	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	20	6
H: Transport & storage	12	1
I: Accommodation & catering	7	9
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	0	0
L: Real estate activities.	3	4
M: Professional, scientific & technical	2	0
N: Administrative & support	1	0
O: Public administration & defence	3	0
P: Education	3	6
Q: Human health & social work	2	2
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	4	11
T: Activities of households	10	54
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	182	8
B: Mining & quarrying	5	0
C: Manufacturing	728	553
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	173	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	68	17
H: Transport & storage	216	0
I: Accommodation & catering	16	4
J: Information & communication	3	0
K: Financial & insurance	3	0
L: Real estate activities.	3	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	8	0
N: Administrative & support	13	0
O: Public administration & defence	57	1
P: Education	11	17
Q: Human health & social work	5	6
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	8	29
T: Activities of households	53	223
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	372	25
B: Mining & quarrying	521	0
C: Manufacturing	1,630	1,371
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	23	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	5	0
F: Construction	297	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	306	127
H: Transport & storage	359	13
I: Accommodation & catering	52	53
J: Information & communication	8	6
K: Financial & insurance	38	0
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	20	1
N: Administrative & support	96	29
O: Public administration & defence	63	17
P: Education	23	75
Q: Human health & social work	13	30
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	61	109
T: Activities of households	119	366
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	217	6
B: Mining & quarrying	32	1
C: Manufacturing	2,655	2,148
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	90	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	7	1
F: Construction	394	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	693	197
H: Transport & storage	640	17
I: Accommodation & catering	62	67
J: Information & communication	2	1
K: Financial & insurance	83	9
L: Real estate activities.	18	3
M: Professional, scientific & technical	53	9
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	339	13
P: Education	49	75
Q: Human health & social work	34	54
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	110	59
T: Activities of households	159	511
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	162	16
B: Mining & quarrying	5	1
C: Manufacturing	2,393	2,222
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	66	3
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	0
F: Construction	515	13
G: Wholesale & retail trade	638	308
H: Transport & storage	303	33
I: Accommodation & catering	52	147
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	49	15
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	27	11
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	483	37
P: Education	84	115
Q: Human health & social work	36	59
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	152	140
T: Activities of households	97	208
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	490	52
B: Mining & quarrying	802	22
C: Manufacturing	5,362	2,086
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	161	33
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	25	2
F: Construction	1,094	42
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,268	641
H: Transport & storage	595	69
I: Accommodation & catering	157	181
J: Information & communication	163	52
K: Financial & insurance	126	72
L: Real estate activities.	13	6
M: Professional, scientific & technical	207	70
N: Administrative & support	19	24
O: Public administration & defence	507	199
P: Education	385	498
Q: Human health & social work	98	182
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	160	135
T: Activities of households	29	94
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

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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