Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	182	12
Textiles & clothing	1,254	751
Wood & paper	158	3
Chemicals	7	1
Low tech	307	34
High tech.	161	4
Other	46	2

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	512	37
Textiles & clothing	2,847	4,351
Wood & paper	385	5
Chemicals	93	4
Low tech	491	17
High tech.	368	0
Other	202	55

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	528	40
Textiles & clothing	2,105	4,653
Wood & paper	417	47
Chemicals	132	57
Low tech	488	82
High tech.	392	4
Other	681	286

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	511	168
Textiles & clothing	1,219	2,108
Wood & paper	216	60
Chemicals	77	19
Low tech	796	109
High tech.	664	10
Other	534	99

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	804	108
Textiles & clothing	1,774	2,468
Wood & paper	624	113
Chemicals	74	7
Low tech	820	274
High tech.	1,951	115
Other	1,084	281

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	745	178
Textiles & clothing	1,290	1,615
Wood & paper	717	194
Chemicals	576	147
Low tech	1,126	379
High tech.	8,229	1,746
Other	995	435

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	508	133
Textiles & clothing	659	183
Wood & paper	593	116
Chemicals	993	138
Low tech	807	86
High tech.	9,266	714
Other	346	59

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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