Persons of Working Age by Sex & 1951 Occupational Order

Data for 1951	Sex
1951 Occupational Classification	Male	Female
Fishermen	0	0
Agriculture	432	15
Mining & Quarrying	3	0
Ceramics, Glass, Cement, etc	56	6
Coal, Gas, Chemicals	80	8
Metal Manufacturing, Engineering	3,310	258
Textiles	10	18
Leather, Fur	116	16
Textile Goods, Dress	179	405
Food, Drink, Tobacco	164	34
Wood, Cane & Cork	658	8
Paper, Printing	619	103
Other Products	145	61
Building	1,357	0
Painters & Decorators	650	12
Administrators, Directors, Managers	1,894	188
Transport	2,237	369
Commerce, Finance	3,846	1,695
Professional, Technical	2,483	1,578
Defence	563	12
Entertainment & Sport	167	64
Personal Service	920	2,692
Clerks, Typists, etc	3,392	4,286
Warehousemen, Storekeepers, etc.	469	112
Stationery Engine Drivers, Stokers	172	1
Workers in Unskilled Occupations	884	482
Other & Undefined	266	50
Retired or Not Gainfully Occupied	3,741	23,487

Date:	Source:
1951	1951 Census of England and Wales, Occupations, Table 21 , 'Selected Occupations with Status Aggregates - abridged analysis', for 'Con divisions and sub-divisions, Urban Areas with population of less than 50,000, RD, NT'

This website exists to help people doing personal research projects on particular areas within a locality. So long as you are using our data for only a small number of units, you are not making money out of what you are doing, and you are not systematically re-publishing our data, you do not need to request permission from us, but you do need to acknowledge us as your source with the wording:

"This work is based on data provided through www.VisionofBritain.org.uk and uses historical material which is copyright of the Great Britain Historical GIS Project and the University of Portsmouth".

Where the above statement is included in a web page or similar online resource, the reference to "www.VisionofBritain.org.uk" must be a working hyperlink.

nCube definition