Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,100	128
B: Mining & quarrying	6	0
C: Manufacturing	1,636	269
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	1
F: Construction	747	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	374	65
H: Transport & storage	309	4
I: Accommodation & catering	111	30
J: Information & communication	6	1
K: Financial & insurance	6	0
L: Real estate activities.	13	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	38	0
N: Administrative & support	262	3
O: Public administration & defence	152	2
P: Education	49	84
Q: Human health & social work	44	31
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	74	99
T: Activities of households	580	1,928
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,973	585
B: Mining & quarrying	2	0
C: Manufacturing	1,272	514
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	5	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	2
F: Construction	667	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	321	99
H: Transport & storage	236	18
I: Accommodation & catering	123	114
J: Information & communication	4	0
K: Financial & insurance	3	0
L: Real estate activities.	60	35
M: Professional, scientific & technical	40	0
N: Administrative & support	32	1
O: Public administration & defence	81	4
P: Education	41	119
Q: Human health & social work	23	47
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	89	233
T: Activities of households	288	1,007
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,903	125
B: Mining & quarrying	3	0
C: Manufacturing	1,129	502
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	8	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	0
F: Construction	753	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	367	110
H: Transport & storage	573	4
I: Accommodation & catering	122	64
J: Information & communication	6	3
K: Financial & insurance	13	0
L: Real estate activities.	27	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	53	0
N: Administrative & support	64	5
O: Public administration & defence	137	23
P: Education	52	175
Q: Human health & social work	16	36
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	90	274
T: Activities of households	463	1,722
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,109	98
B: Mining & quarrying	22	0
C: Manufacturing	1,530	474
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	42	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	10	0
F: Construction	1,053	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	723	225
H: Transport & storage	1,061	13
I: Accommodation & catering	187	169
J: Information & communication	24	14
K: Financial & insurance	61	1
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	61	5
N: Administrative & support	103	39
O: Public administration & defence	2,689	62
P: Education	73	217
Q: Human health & social work	47	137
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	269	467
T: Activities of households	955	2,033
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,868	146
B: Mining & quarrying	13	0
C: Manufacturing	3,018	943
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	110	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	15	1
F: Construction	1,027	11
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,497	529
H: Transport & storage	1,118	74
I: Accommodation & catering	281	203
J: Information & communication	4	1
K: Financial & insurance	131	15
L: Real estate activities.	54	9
M: Professional, scientific & technical	104	44
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	1,205	45
P: Education	131	285
Q: Human health & social work	116	184
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	291	215
T: Activities of households	1,467	1,819
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,080	291
B: Mining & quarrying	7	2
C: Manufacturing	3,906	1,932
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	197	21
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	15	0
F: Construction	1,394	32
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,386	778
H: Transport & storage	1,100	136
I: Accommodation & catering	242	436
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	229	75
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	78	27
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	3,037	216
P: Education	182	332
Q: Human health & social work	379	485
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	281	204
T: Activities of households	617	869
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,045	179
B: Mining & quarrying	30	2
C: Manufacturing	12,001	3,396
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	540	123
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	28	0
F: Construction	3,979	123
G: Wholesale & retail trade	4,532	2,750
H: Transport & storage	2,188	751
I: Accommodation & catering	336	496
J: Information & communication	865	787
K: Financial & insurance	439	344
L: Real estate activities.	55	70
M: Professional, scientific & technical	947	323
N: Administrative & support	64	173
O: Public administration & defence	3,793	1,201
P: Education	685	1,393
Q: Human health & social work	331	740
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	366	495
T: Activities of households	149	282
U: Extraterritorial bodies	14	1

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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