Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	599	35
B: Mining & quarrying	7	0
C: Manufacturing	3,120	680
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	14	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	5	0
F: Construction	1,136	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	804	158
H: Transport & storage	1,153	3
I: Accommodation & catering	148	46
J: Information & communication	3	0
K: Financial & insurance	31	1
L: Real estate activities.	16	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	89	0
N: Administrative & support	478	6
O: Public administration & defence	2,789	3
P: Education	105	161
Q: Human health & social work	102	224
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	133	360
T: Activities of households	601	2,588
U: Extraterritorial bodies	4	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,404	129
B: Mining & quarrying	27	0
C: Manufacturing	7,367	2,678
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	51	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	32	1
F: Construction	2,820	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,804	487
H: Transport & storage	2,788	7
I: Accommodation & catering	521	395
J: Information & communication	55	9
K: Financial & insurance	160	1
L: Real estate activities.	181	218
M: Professional, scientific & technical	368	0
N: Administrative & support	611	7
O: Public administration & defence	6,780	16
P: Education	150	486
Q: Human health & social work	147	345
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	245	1,314
T: Activities of households	383	4,524
U: Extraterritorial bodies	19	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,084	104
B: Mining & quarrying	45	1
C: Manufacturing	10,064	2,852
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	165	2
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	34	2
F: Construction	3,377	16
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,123	495
H: Transport & storage	3,147	23
I: Accommodation & catering	627	277
J: Information & communication	127	13
K: Financial & insurance	262	6
L: Real estate activities.	50	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	490	25
N: Administrative & support	1,144	36
O: Public administration & defence	4,732	53
P: Education	277	697
Q: Human health & social work	163	339
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	295	1,716
T: Activities of households	520	6,694
U: Extraterritorial bodies	4	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	712	26
B: Mining & quarrying	116	1
C: Manufacturing	21,560	5,967
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,497	4
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	173	2
F: Construction	5,221	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	5,502	1,822
H: Transport & storage	8,577	144
I: Accommodation & catering	1,091	974
J: Information & communication	236	135
K: Financial & insurance	834	59
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	502	46
N: Administrative & support	2,373	1,143
O: Public administration & defence	9,058	478
P: Education	642	1,142
Q: Human health & social work	299	955
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,370	2,450
T: Activities of households	464	7,122
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	322	17
B: Mining & quarrying	19	5
C: Manufacturing	28,252	10,789
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,920	140
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	181	46
F: Construction	5,447	63
G: Wholesale & retail trade	10,236	4,725
H: Transport & storage	7,972	846
I: Accommodation & catering	1,392	1,744
J: Information & communication	198	130
K: Financial & insurance	1,471	674
L: Real estate activities.	200	62
M: Professional, scientific & technical	697	411
N: Administrative & support	3	9
O: Public administration & defence	11,630	808
P: Education	876	1,622
Q: Human health & social work	652	1,779
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,643	1,347
T: Activities of households	285	4,335
U: Extraterritorial bodies	8	1

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	100	10
B: Mining & quarrying	46	1
C: Manufacturing	38,698	12,190
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	4,932	288
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	62	2
F: Construction	7,172	173
G: Wholesale & retail trade	8,319	4,819
H: Transport & storage	6,623	555
I: Accommodation & catering	786	2,813
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	820	438
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	333	197
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	13,894	2,078
P: Education	932	1,563
Q: Human health & social work	1,054	2,503
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,478	1,209
T: Activities of households	42	1,069
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	50	0
B: Mining & quarrying	10	0
C: Manufacturing	14,330	4,940
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,810	440
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	110	0
F: Construction	6,840	400
G: Wholesale & retail trade	6,990	5,420
H: Transport & storage	5,260	660
I: Accommodation & catering	470	780
J: Information & communication	720	460
K: Financial & insurance	730	740
L: Real estate activities.	110	160
M: Professional, scientific & technical	510	350
N: Administrative & support	110	310
O: Public administration & defence	11,000	5,790
P: Education	1,750	4,600
Q: Human health & social work	1,230	4,420
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	830	960
T: Activities of households	30	330
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	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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