Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,680	171
B: Mining & quarrying	68	3
C: Manufacturing	2,137	394
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	1
F: Construction	674	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	454	51
H: Transport & storage	213	2
I: Accommodation & catering	136	34
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	3	0
L: Real estate activities.	10	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	42	0
N: Administrative & support	188	2
O: Public administration & defence	52	2
P: Education	52	83
Q: Human health & social work	38	46
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	76	25
T: Activities of households	588	2,365
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,919	1,687
B: Mining & quarrying	64	0
C: Manufacturing	2,263	934
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	10	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	8	0
F: Construction	818	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	673	188
H: Transport & storage	710	14
I: Accommodation & catering	137	150
J: Information & communication	5	1
K: Financial & insurance	2	0
L: Real estate activities.	108	106
M: Professional, scientific & technical	98	0
N: Administrative & support	73	0
O: Public administration & defence	107	4
P: Education	66	183
Q: Human health & social work	36	80
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	141	135
T: Activities of households	87	1,195
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,342	415
B: Mining & quarrying	531	3
C: Manufacturing	2,690	787
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	11	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	11	0
F: Construction	959	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	743	126
H: Transport & storage	719	4
I: Accommodation & catering	112	41
J: Information & communication	10	2
K: Financial & insurance	16	0
L: Real estate activities.	20	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	116	0
N: Administrative & support	123	4
O: Public administration & defence	132	17
P: Education	81	213
Q: Human health & social work	29	59
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	88	172
T: Activities of households	324	2,393
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	8,829	453
B: Mining & quarrying	566	0
C: Manufacturing	5,280	868
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	70	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	28	0
F: Construction	2,034	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,801	498
H: Transport & storage	2,225	16
I: Accommodation & catering	243	387
J: Information & communication	41	27
K: Financial & insurance	138	2
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	202	51
N: Administrative & support	305	49
O: Public administration & defence	149	10
P: Education	25	-18
Q: Human health & social work	200	552
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	262	464
T: Activities of households	578	2,654
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,319	583
B: Mining & quarrying	1,201	7
C: Manufacturing	10,416	813
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	109	3
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	39	1
F: Construction	1,493	9
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,589	1,001
H: Transport & storage	2,690	156
I: Accommodation & catering	267	484
J: Information & communication	11	1
K: Financial & insurance	180	21
L: Real estate activities.	57	8
M: Professional, scientific & technical	132	27
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	980	51
P: Education	155	509
Q: Human health & social work	95	214
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	394	208
T: Activities of households	366	1,963
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,688	699
B: Mining & quarrying	1,235	12
C: Manufacturing	19,446	2,387
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	308	28
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	33	0
F: Construction	3,990	61
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,072	2,351
H: Transport & storage	2,500	474
I: Accommodation & catering	416	1,049
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	332	92
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	153	102
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,832	233
P: Education	322	574
Q: Human health & social work	227	531
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	520	409
T: Activities of households	82	755
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,078	209
B: Mining & quarrying	554	23
C: Manufacturing	24,616	3,688
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	438	61
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	78	11
F: Construction	6,536	343
G: Wholesale & retail trade	4,073	3,231
H: Transport & storage	3,135	391
I: Accommodation & catering	675	986
J: Information & communication	95	71
K: Financial & insurance	429	355
L: Real estate activities.	36	59
M: Professional, scientific & technical	364	216
N: Administrative & support	69	57
O: Public administration & defence	3,235	935
P: Education	881	1,751
Q: Human health & social work	320	1,032
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	540	573
T: Activities of households	65	347
U: Extraterritorial bodies	3	10

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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