Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,232	338
B: Mining & quarrying	466	3
C: Manufacturing	2,470	953
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	1
F: Construction	940	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	435	91
H: Transport & storage	308	9
I: Accommodation & catering	121	32
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	7	0
L: Real estate activities.	14	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	75	0
N: Administrative & support	239	5
O: Public administration & defence	100	6
P: Education	53	99
Q: Human health & social work	41	31
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	71	124
T: Activities of households	796	1,940
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,557	1,271
B: Mining & quarrying	1,082	0
C: Manufacturing	3,682	2,605
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	46	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	9	1
F: Construction	1,687	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	995	430
H: Transport & storage	949	37
I: Accommodation & catering	302	324
J: Information & communication	26	4
K: Financial & insurance	29	0
L: Real estate activities.	205	275
M: Professional, scientific & technical	248	1
N: Administrative & support	229	71
O: Public administration & defence	356	12
P: Education	87	356
Q: Human health & social work	72	124
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	236	1,075
T: Activities of households	361	2,981
U: Extraterritorial bodies	7	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,961	219
B: Mining & quarrying	1,857	8
C: Manufacturing	2,401	1,961
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	12	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	1,359	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	547	196
H: Transport & storage	462	11
I: Accommodation & catering	145	65
J: Information & communication	5	2
K: Financial & insurance	31	0
L: Real estate activities.	9	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	89	1
N: Administrative & support	118	1
O: Public administration & defence	158	22
P: Education	74	233
Q: Human health & social work	40	46
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	92	625
T: Activities of households	504	1,926
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,205	306
B: Mining & quarrying	1,834	0
C: Manufacturing	4,355	2,547
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	90	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	15	0
F: Construction	1,820	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,404	553
H: Transport & storage	1,895	21
I: Accommodation & catering	304	335
J: Information & communication	46	31
K: Financial & insurance	176	2
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	123	7
N: Administrative & support	333	95
O: Public administration & defence	424	120
P: Education	156	457
Q: Human health & social work	98	306
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	362	934
T: Activities of households	1,117	3,245
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,507	198
B: Mining & quarrying	1,582	6
C: Manufacturing	7,604	3,441
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	157	5
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	103	5
F: Construction	1,952	15
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,599	1,008
H: Transport & storage	2,417	157
I: Accommodation & catering	279	321
J: Information & communication	13	5
K: Financial & insurance	243	56
L: Real estate activities.	51	12
M: Professional, scientific & technical	137	50
N: Administrative & support	0	4
O: Public administration & defence	1,165	51
P: Education	249	497
Q: Human health & social work	155	319
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	349	293
T: Activities of households	990	2,098
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,312	329
B: Mining & quarrying	646	25
C: Manufacturing	21,995	5,130
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	271	33
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	106	8
F: Construction	2,751	52
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,589	1,408
H: Transport & storage	3,294	343
I: Accommodation & catering	402	941
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	246	71
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	116	46
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,752	296
P: Education	419	595
Q: Human health & social work	283	651
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	649	552
T: Activities of households	264	700
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,339	286
B: Mining & quarrying	311	5
C: Manufacturing	24,346	2,694
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	642	42
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	90	5
F: Construction	4,599	113
G: Wholesale & retail trade	4,269	1,640
H: Transport & storage	2,101	193
I: Accommodation & catering	594	526
J: Information & communication	556	189
K: Financial & insurance	399	204
L: Real estate activities.	106	26
M: Professional, scientific & technical	873	175
N: Administrative & support	107	98
O: Public administration & defence	3,422	746
P: Education	1,179	1,353
Q: Human health & social work	461	724
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	603	361
T: Activities of households	261	457
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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