Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	210	9
Textiles & clothing	738	431
Wood & paper	131	1
Chemicals	14	0
Low tech	287	5
High tech.	190	1
Other	116	8

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	432	34
Textiles & clothing	623	885
Wood & paper	168	3
Chemicals	54	2
Low tech	391	1
High tech.	277	4
Other	175	23

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,790	182
Textiles & clothing	520	935
Wood & paper	211	6
Chemicals	63	1
Low tech	904	36
High tech.	483	2
Other	658	114

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,879	1,256
Textiles & clothing	823	1,809
Wood & paper	416	80
Chemicals	104	36
Low tech	1,648	83
High tech.	1,446	4
Other	1,354	362

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,853	2,391
Textiles & clothing	603	1,075
Wood & paper	441	68
Chemicals	128	28
Low tech	1,020	326
High tech.	2,217	110
Other	1,413	453

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,190	2,144
Textiles & clothing	388	1,001
Wood & paper	661	63
Chemicals	177	206
Low tech	1,305	384
High tech.	2,997	519
Other	1,455	758

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,894	737
Textiles & clothing	275	351
Wood & paper	432	136
Chemicals	323	156
Low tech	1,411	950
High tech.	5,183	1,680
Other	1,089	263

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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