Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

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Data for 1841 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 21 Show data context 1 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 355 Show data context 160 Show data context
Wood & paper 13 Show data context 1 Show data context
Chemicals 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Low tech 39 Show data context 1 Show data context
High tech. 28 Show data context 0 Show data context
Other 14 Show data context 3 Show data context
Data for 1861 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 10 Show data context 1 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 214 Show data context 262 Show data context
Wood & paper 3 Show data context 0 Show data context
Chemicals 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Low tech 11 Show data context 0 Show data context
High tech. 10 Show data context 0 Show data context
Other 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Data for 1881 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 28 Show data context 2 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 560 Show data context 528 Show data context
Wood & paper 4 Show data context 2 Show data context
Chemicals 9 Show data context 0 Show data context
Low tech 50 Show data context 0 Show data context
High tech. 43 Show data context 4 Show data context
Other 35 Show data context 18 Show data context
Data for 1911 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 80 Show data context 35 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 815 Show data context 1,282 Show data context
Wood & paper 37 Show data context 18 Show data context
Chemicals 32 Show data context 10 Show data context
Low tech 248 Show data context 8 Show data context
High tech. 294 Show data context 3 Show data context
Other 124 Show data context 15 Show data context
Data for 1931 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 118 Show data context 79 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 1,797 Show data context 1,972 Show data context
Wood & paper 59 Show data context 23 Show data context
Chemicals 45 Show data context 12 Show data context
Low tech 194 Show data context 11 Show data context
High tech. 288 Show data context 19 Show data context
Other 154 Show data context 32 Show data context
Data for 1951 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 104 Show data context 62 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 1,305 Show data context 1,913 Show data context
Wood & paper 31 Show data context 8 Show data context
Chemicals 52 Show data context 20 Show data context
Low tech 272 Show data context 38 Show data context
High tech. 496 Show data context 112 Show data context
Other 132 Show data context 69 Show data context
Data for 1971 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 344 Show data context 137 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 1,219 Show data context 1,328 Show data context
Wood & paper 218 Show data context 50 Show data context
Chemicals 342 Show data context 129 Show data context
Low tech 791 Show data context 90 Show data context
High tech. 2,327 Show data context 297 Show data context
Other 122 Show data context 56 Show data context
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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Our presentation of long-run trends in economic activity is based around the 2007 Standard Industrial Classification, but in that Manufacturing is treated as just one of twenty-one "Sections". Earlier classifications provide far more detail of manufacturing, so to present some of that detail in long-run perspective here we use a seven-way sub-classification of manufacturing used by the 2011 Census of England and Wales (unfortunately equivalent detail is not available from the Scottish 2011 census). "High-tech" i...


ncludes electronics and aircraft manufacture, but also cars, shipbuilding and making any kind of machinery. Here we break the numbers in each industry down by gender, but this is not possible with the 2011 data, only with the re-districted and re-classified historical statisics.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Oadby and Wigston District through time | Industry Statistics | Workers in Manufacturing, by sex, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 23rd April 2024