Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	18	2
Textiles & clothing	92	76
Wood & paper	13	1
Chemicals	1	0
Low tech	30	0
High tech.	14	0
Other	7	2

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	40	5
Textiles & clothing	122	186
Wood & paper	28	3
Chemicals	6	0
Low tech	58	3
High tech.	47	0
Other	19	5

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	192	18
Textiles & clothing	506	1,106
Wood & paper	75	12
Chemicals	44	1
Low tech	264	27
High tech.	238	4
Other	344	105

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	425	223
Textiles & clothing	865	2,407
Wood & paper	140	39
Chemicals	77	21
Low tech	391	6
High tech.	591	2
Other	510	60

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	472	106
Textiles & clothing	319	365
Wood & paper	266	62
Chemicals	50	1
Low tech	314	26
High tech.	539	22
Other	358	49

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	465	121
Textiles & clothing	124	294
Wood & paper	95	5
Chemicals	75	32
Low tech	363	36
High tech.	436	59
Other	427	81

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	508	189
Textiles & clothing	21	31
Wood & paper	170	10
Chemicals	119	40
Low tech	319	119
High tech.	2,137	814
Other	447	89

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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