1951 Census of England and Wales, Industry Tables (Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 4 (1), Census Act, 1920), Table 3 : " Industries (Orders and Selected Units) and Status Aggregates. Occupied Males and Females aged 15 and over for Urban Areas with population of less than 50,000, RD, NT".

List top level	England and Wales Dep	England Dep Wales Dep

INDUSTRY	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES	13,782,268	13,782,268	6,157,756	6,157,756
Married women (included in Total)	0	0	2,468,592	2,468,592
Employers	375,606	375,606	52,407	52,407
Managers	625,055	625,055	134,587	134,587
Operatives	11,939,751	11,939,751	5,739,574	5,739,574
Working on own account	841,856	841,856	231,188	231,188
I. Agriculture, forestry, fishing	863,741	863,741	100,008	100,008
1. Agriculture and horticulture	822,319	822,319	98,586	98,586
II. Mining and quarrying	729,365	729,365	12,152	12,152
10. Coal mining	666,559	666,558	8,964	8,965
11-19. Other mining and quarrying	62,807	62,806	3,187	3,188
III. Ceramics, glass, cement, etc.	221,275	221,275	70,489	70,489
20. Bricks and fireclay goods	64,074	64,074	5,382	5,382
24. Cement	12,522	12,522	825	822
IV. Chemicals and allied trades	290,637	290,637	106,673	106,673
30,31,33. Coke ovens, chemicals and explosives	181,091	181,091	48,138	48,138
V. Metal manufacture	451,025	451,025	56,868	56,868
VI. Engineering, shipbuilding and electrical goods	1,241,362	1,241,362	323,453	323,453
50,51. Shipbuilding, marine engineering	192,839	192,839	7,099	7,099
54. Machine tools and engineers' small tools	71,240	71,240	14,450	14,450
56. Textile machinery and accessories	58,209	58,209	8,924	8,924
58. Constructional engineering	66,026	66,026	4,788	4,788
52,53,55,57,69. Other mechanical engineering	507,317	507,317	95,324	95,324
70. Electrical machinery	108,009	108,009	36,320	36,320
73,74. Wireless apparatus, valves and lamps	72,508	72,507	59,737	59,737
71,72,75,79. Other electrical engineering	165,214	165,215	96,811	96,811
VII. Vehicles	814,513	814,513	116,834	116,834
80. Manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles	252,109	252,109	38,383	38,383
81. Motor repairers and garages	213,026	213,026	20,334	20,334
82,83. Manufacture of aircraft; vehicle parts	217,500	217,501	49,925	49,925
VIII. Metal goods not elsewhere specified	295,174	295,174	149,926	149,926
IX. Precision instruments, jewellery, etc.	98,256	98,256	44,649	44,649
X. Textiles	393,341	393,341	474,657	474,657
110. Cotton spinning, doubling, etc.	66,241	66,241	103,970	103,970
111. Cotton weaving, etc.	42,450	42,450	80,351	80,351
112. Woollen and worsted	86,335	86,335	93,469	93,469
113,114. Rayon, etc. production, weaving; silk	54,418	54,418	40,558	40,558
118. Hosiery, and other knitted goods	32,558	32,557	76,783	76,783
123. Textile finishing, etc.	58,167	58,167	23,651	23,651
XI. Leather, leather goods and fur	46,799	46,799	25,804	25,804
XII. Clothing	225,069	225,069	448,423	448,423
140. Tailoring	88,672	88,672	182,383	182,383
141. Dressmaking	10,114	10,114	104,713	104,713
148,149. Boot and shoe making and repairing	100,462	100,462	61,042	61,042
XIII. Food, drink and tobacco	407,166	407,166	238,775	238,775
150-162. Food	295,896	295,896	189,553	189,553
163-168. Drink	92,093	92,093	27,230	27,230
XIV. Manufactures of wood and cork	239,330	239,330	47,325	47,325
170. Timber	53,931	53,931	6,434	6,434
171. Furniture and upholstery	110,055	110,055	27,848	27,848
XV. Paper and printing	302,773	302,773	160,468	160,468
180. Paper and board	49,827	49,827	14,979	14,979
186,189. Printing and publishing	214,451	214,451	93,303	93,303
XVI. Other manufacturing industries	143,906	143,906	97,909	97,909
XVII. Building and contracting	1,203,321	1,203,321	33,667	33,667
XVIII. Gas, electricity and water	301,590	301,590	29,103	29,103
210. Gas	121,871	121,871	10,302	10,302
211. Electricity	148,817	148,817	17,376	17,376
212. Water	30,902	30,902	1,425	1,425
XIX. Transport and communication	1,337,080	1,337,080	186,553	186,553
220. Railways	432,226	432,221	30,894	30,894
221,222. Road passenger transport	253,766	253,766	30,990	30,990
223. Goods transport by road	162,790	162,788	10,429	10,419
224-226. Sea transport, port service, etc.	223,502	223,505	9,075	9,065
228. Postal, telegraph, wireless communication	212,799	212,799	88,828	88,828
XX. Distributive trades	1,379,315	1,379,317	1,021,974	1,021,974
240. Dealing In coal, builders' materials, etc.	133,484	133,484	26,862	26,862
241. Dealing in other Industrial materials	97,642	97,642	22,417	22,417
242. Wholesale distribution of food and drink	112,648	112,646	38,080	38,080
243. Retail distribution of food and drink	401,829	401,829	294,668	294,668
244. Wholesale distribution of non-food goods	184,795	184,795	75,404	75,404
245. Retail distribution of non-food goods	404,909	404,909	508,308	508,308
246. Retail sales of sweets, tobacco, papers	44,010	44,010	56,235	56,235
XXI. Insurance, banking and finance	263,722	263,722	138,782	138,782
XXII. Public administration and defence	1,326,278	1,326,280	247,591	247,591
260. National government service	866,177	866,179	161,193	161,193
265. Local government service	460,101	460,101	86,398	86,398
XXIII. Professional services	568,336	568,336	790,878	790,878
271. Education	175,708	175,708	285,303	285,304
273. Medical and dental services	179,394	179,394	382,994	382,994
XXIV. Miscellaneous services	627,728	627,728	1,228,967	1,228,967
280,281. Entertainment and sport	106,890	106,890	90,759	90,759
285. Catering, hotels, etc.	244,818	244,818	562,395	562,395
286. Laundries	28,009	28,009	90,709	90,699
287. Dry cleaning. Job dyeing, etc.	11,574	11,574	27,108	27,098
288. Hairdressing and manicure	34,618	34,618	47,183	47,183
290,291. Private domestic service	94,340	94,340	359,413	359,413
Not stated and Ill-defined industry	11,164	11,164	5,828	5,828

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