Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	144	6
Textiles & clothing	382	116
Wood & paper	104	12
Chemicals	9	0
Low tech	191	2
High tech.	165	0
Other	62	2

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	188	14
Textiles & clothing	345	441
Wood & paper	207	99
Chemicals	17	1
Low tech	579	5
High tech.	124	0
Other	72	7

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	272	21
Textiles & clothing	321	612
Wood & paper	282	114
Chemicals	48	1
Low tech	620	6
High tech.	257	2
Other	349	41

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	303	96
Textiles & clothing	250	514
Wood & paper	298	94
Chemicals	108	41
Low tech	820	8
High tech.	725	1
Other	409	32

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	343	80
Textiles & clothing	228	139
Wood & paper	1,275	311
Chemicals	130	17
Low tech	817	39
High tech.	449	19
Other	1,002	330

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	363	156
Textiles & clothing	107	70
Wood & paper	3,958	963
Chemicals	659	82
Low tech	904	163
High tech.	538	128
Other	1,044	497

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	440	179
Textiles & clothing	117	147
Wood & paper	1,728	266
Chemicals	1,119	351
Low tech	1,349	141
High tech.	2,314	381
Other	354	72

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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