Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,063	137
B: Mining & quarrying	6	0
C: Manufacturing	1,619	271
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	1
F: Construction	739	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	369	64
H: Transport & storage	302	4
I: Accommodation & catering	110	29
J: Information & communication	6	1
K: Financial & insurance	6	0
L: Real estate activities.	13	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	37	0
N: Administrative & support	257	3
O: Public administration & defence	146	2
P: Education	48	83
Q: Human health & social work	44	31
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	73	97
T: Activities of households	566	1,898
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,644	644
B: Mining & quarrying	2	0
C: Manufacturing	1,466	729
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	6	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	6	3
F: Construction	896	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	513	170
H: Transport & storage	456	17
I: Accommodation & catering	156	160
J: Information & communication	4	2
K: Financial & insurance	6	2
L: Real estate activities.	76	74
M: Professional, scientific & technical	59	0
N: Administrative & support	46	0
O: Public administration & defence	219	12
P: Education	55	153
Q: Human health & social work	29	46
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	128	399
T: Activities of households	288	1,149
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,904	111
B: Mining & quarrying	3	0
C: Manufacturing	1,227	426
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	7	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	0
F: Construction	767	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	431	109
H: Transport & storage	378	2
I: Accommodation & catering	124	61
J: Information & communication	17	4
K: Financial & insurance	25	0
L: Real estate activities.	20	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	55	1
N: Administrative & support	72	4
O: Public administration & defence	169	15
P: Education	53	189
Q: Human health & social work	24	38
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	85	294
T: Activities of households	463	1,752
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,994	85
B: Mining & quarrying	22	0
C: Manufacturing	1,541	433
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	42	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	10	0
F: Construction	1,031	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	716	204
H: Transport & storage	1,054	12
I: Accommodation & catering	185	152
J: Information & communication	24	13
K: Financial & insurance	61	1
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	60	5
N: Administrative & support	104	36
O: Public administration & defence	2,745	55
P: Education	71	194
Q: Human health & social work	47	123
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	263	418
T: Activities of households	917	1,804
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,761	114
B: Mining & quarrying	78	0
C: Manufacturing	1,815	293
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	90	2
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	31	1
F: Construction	1,275	10
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,384	503
H: Transport & storage	997	69
I: Accommodation & catering	239	216
J: Information & communication	5	1
K: Financial & insurance	134	8
L: Real estate activities.	55	4
M: Professional, scientific & technical	78	15
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	2,946	105
P: Education	109	218
Q: Human health & social work	99	159
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	364	239
T: Activities of households	1,222	1,881
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,616	333
B: Mining & quarrying	38	1
C: Manufacturing	3,072	671
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	198	21
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	33	0
F: Construction	2,601	43
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,744	973
H: Transport & storage	1,159	143
I: Accommodation & catering	253	594
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	203	65
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	90	68
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	6,261	520
P: Education	133	307
Q: Human health & social work	94	228
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	399	466
T: Activities of households	398	676
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,263	144
B: Mining & quarrying	45	2
C: Manufacturing	5,625	695
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	351	36
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	42	0
F: Construction	2,607	64
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,285	926
H: Transport & storage	1,154	129
I: Accommodation & catering	342	266
J: Information & communication	266	85
K: Financial & insurance	215	100
L: Real estate activities.	68	29
M: Professional, scientific & technical	933	150
N: Administrative & support	36	36
O: Public administration & defence	3,798	536
P: Education	497	658
Q: Human health & social work	350	465
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	325	218
T: Activities of households	208	309
U: Extraterritorial bodies	20	1

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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