Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	214	11
Textiles & clothing	2,713	2,697
Wood & paper	207	13
Chemicals	31	1
Low tech	890	34
High tech.	532	6
Other	320	38

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	416	39
Textiles & clothing	2,769	4,066
Wood & paper	305	45
Chemicals	204	11
Low tech	1,489	21
High tech.	1,093	3
Other	418	41

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	514	103
Textiles & clothing	1,742	4,253
Wood & paper	392	111
Chemicals	370	65
Low tech	3,403	138
High tech.	2,901	46
Other	1,606	417

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	809	240
Textiles & clothing	3,023	6,282
Wood & paper	474	208
Chemicals	323	81
Low tech	5,047	535
High tech.	8,184	129
Other	1,777	687

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	895	383
Textiles & clothing	4,105	6,218
Wood & paper	263	172
Chemicals	457	341
Low tech	2,385	367
High tech.	12,342	1,005
Other	1,344	571

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,149	671
Textiles & clothing	11,832	6,569
Wood & paper	253	174
Chemicals	761	611
Low tech	6,330	1,080
High tech.	23,880	2,884
Other	1,585	852

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	642	379
Textiles & clothing	5,302	3,474
Wood & paper	332	107
Chemicals	1,042	788
Low tech	5,899	1,148
High tech.	26,846	3,617
Other	496	156

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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