Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	383	16
Textiles & clothing	1,160	645
Wood & paper	279	19
Chemicals	47	4
Low tech	465	7
High tech.	374	5
Other	435	26

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	211	11
Textiles & clothing	484	406
Wood & paper	171	32
Chemicals	27	1
Low tech	238	2
High tech.	120	0
Other	111	10

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	235	25
Textiles & clothing	292	451
Wood & paper	99	28
Chemicals	33	0
Low tech	278	4
High tech.	166	1
Other	413	40

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	333	120
Textiles & clothing	377	669
Wood & paper	102	14
Chemicals	122	19
Low tech	365	14
High tech.	571	17
Other	457	67

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	709	190
Textiles & clothing	259	289
Wood & paper	235	46
Chemicals	48	12
Low tech	343	13
High tech.	1,611	108
Other	676	162

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	814	398
Textiles & clothing	346	394
Wood & paper	541	79
Chemicals	68	56
Low tech	434	44
High tech.	3,360	542
Other	846	363

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	643	337
Textiles & clothing	190	160
Wood & paper	344	46
Chemicals	853	364
Low tech	835	155
High tech.	5,093	1,057
Other	504	218

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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