Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	807	37
B: Mining & quarrying	193	2
C: Manufacturing	26,082	16,556
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	23	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	69	10
F: Construction	3,823	15
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,177	795
H: Transport & storage	4,214	48
I: Accommodation & catering	485	311
J: Information & communication	8	0
K: Financial & insurance	104	19
L: Real estate activities.	89	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	223	1
N: Administrative & support	2,724	23
O: Public administration & defence	900	2
P: Education	187	207
Q: Human health & social work	212	159
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	456	734
T: Activities of households	920	7,423
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,228	477
B: Mining & quarrying	391	2
C: Manufacturing	41,376	27,716
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	291	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	189	63
F: Construction	8,085	15
G: Wholesale & retail trade	7,735	2,533
H: Transport & storage	8,189	174
I: Accommodation & catering	1,555	1,962
J: Information & communication	271	87
K: Financial & insurance	404	43
L: Real estate activities.	504	488
M: Professional, scientific & technical	782	1
N: Administrative & support	3,990	130
O: Public administration & defence	1,309	38
P: Education	327	691
Q: Human health & social work	320	472
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,353	3,175
T: Activities of households	608	11,403
U: Extraterritorial bodies	5	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,746	135
B: Mining & quarrying	783	8
C: Manufacturing	59,490	44,708
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	616	4
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	335	29
F: Construction	14,482	81
G: Wholesale & retail trade	12,546	4,270
H: Transport & storage	18,359	313
I: Accommodation & catering	2,846	2,367
J: Information & communication	443	136
K: Financial & insurance	1,282	91
L: Real estate activities.	336	2
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,652	33
N: Administrative & support	10,290	494
O: Public administration & defence	2,513	155
P: Education	742	2,017
Q: Human health & social work	612	887
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,934	5,502
T: Activities of households	1,321	22,845
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,995	188
B: Mining & quarrying	2,529	20
C: Manufacturing	87,841	61,664
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,941	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	899	6
F: Construction	18,778	19
G: Wholesale & retail trade	30,895	10,867
H: Transport & storage	36,313	1,457
I: Accommodation & catering	4,247	5,575
J: Information & communication	1,283	663
K: Financial & insurance	3,497	246
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,565	191
N: Administrative & support	16,477	3,330
O: Public administration & defence	5,111	1,018
P: Education	1,269	2,922
Q: Human health & social work	926	2,043
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	5,777	10,475
T: Activities of households	985	14,460
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,278	111
B: Mining & quarrying	1,479	39
C: Manufacturing	86,292	66,879
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	4,233	90
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	735	597
F: Construction	11,455	194
G: Wholesale & retail trade	43,752	21,300
H: Transport & storage	25,573	1,797
I: Accommodation & catering	3,926	7,199
J: Information & communication	420	147
K: Financial & insurance	4,518	1,735
L: Real estate activities.	721	199
M: Professional, scientific & technical	2,495	949
N: Administrative & support	6	19
O: Public administration & defence	10,341	1,340
P: Education	1,932	3,904
Q: Human health & social work	1,676	4,027
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	6,753	5,088
T: Activities of households	623	10,557
U: Extraterritorial bodies	15	5

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	570	90
B: Mining & quarrying	1,457	117
C: Manufacturing	106,210	73,717
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	4,435	663
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	699	16
F: Construction	19,092	610
G: Wholesale & retail trade	50,278	31,908
H: Transport & storage	29,132	3,783
I: Accommodation & catering	3,646	12,485
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	8,169	6,025
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	6,228	3,459
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	12,927	3,736
P: Education	3,486	5,061
Q: Human health & social work	3,279	7,323
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	7,071	5,741
T: Activities of households	195	2,646
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	175	6
B: Mining & quarrying	84	1
C: Manufacturing	66,785	34,708
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	4,096	1,248
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	617	87
F: Construction	17,135	1,004
G: Wholesale & retail trade	31,730	27,941
H: Transport & storage	22,318	4,625
I: Accommodation & catering	3,401	5,730
J: Information & communication	4,944	2,500
K: Financial & insurance	7,651	7,988
L: Real estate activities.	649	426
M: Professional, scientific & technical	6,778	4,062
N: Administrative & support	1,698	3,438
O: Public administration & defence	10,532	6,428
P: Education	8,532	13,523
Q: Human health & social work	4,081	10,919
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	3,892	4,701
T: Activities of households	99	609
U: Extraterritorial bodies	77	10

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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