Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	7,506	364
B: Mining & quarrying	379	16
C: Manufacturing	2,782	1,282
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	4
F: Construction	1,512	6
G: Wholesale & retail trade	468	125
H: Transport & storage	480	8
I: Accommodation & catering	161	45
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	7	0
L: Real estate activities.	22	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	73	0
N: Administrative & support	276	3
O: Public administration & defence	206	5
P: Education	76	129
Q: Human health & social work	62	62
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	94	149
T: Activities of households	1,737	3,350
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,370	2,123
B: Mining & quarrying	128	0
C: Manufacturing	1,824	2,655
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	5	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	1
F: Construction	1,057	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	352	211
H: Transport & storage	466	26
I: Accommodation & catering	124	169
J: Information & communication	4	2
K: Financial & insurance	6	0
L: Real estate activities.	93	108
M: Professional, scientific & technical	67	0
N: Administrative & support	44	5
O: Public administration & defence	134	4
P: Education	51	143
Q: Human health & social work	39	46
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	126	238
T: Activities of households	121	1,433
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,063	154
B: Mining & quarrying	38	0
C: Manufacturing	1,505	1,873
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	7	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	0
F: Construction	1,087	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	327	185
H: Transport & storage	555	4
I: Accommodation & catering	91	57
J: Information & communication	7	5
K: Financial & insurance	21	2
L: Real estate activities.	10	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	72	4
N: Administrative & support	43	2
O: Public administration & defence	223	20
P: Education	104	195
Q: Human health & social work	36	54
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	105	416
T: Activities of households	335	2,341
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,371	531
B: Mining & quarrying	248	0
C: Manufacturing	1,756	1,338
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	42	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	7	0
F: Construction	1,292	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	853	477
H: Transport & storage	1,059	14
I: Accommodation & catering	198	399
J: Information & communication	27	33
K: Financial & insurance	109	1
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	85	6
N: Administrative & support	99	49
O: Public administration & defence	985	69
P: Education	91	296
Q: Human health & social work	77	224
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	277	774
T: Activities of households	619	2,799
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,146	214
B: Mining & quarrying	148	1
C: Manufacturing	1,315	526
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	84	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	8	0
F: Construction	864	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,415	462
H: Transport & storage	772	70
I: Accommodation & catering	248	449
J: Information & communication	5	0
K: Financial & insurance	135	13
L: Real estate activities.	46	4
M: Professional, scientific & technical	93	24
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	619	23
P: Education	96	231
Q: Human health & social work	97	153
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	227	173
T: Activities of households	509	1,545
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,920	471
B: Mining & quarrying	119	0
C: Manufacturing	1,334	689
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	174	26
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	14	0
F: Construction	1,079	10
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,697	726
H: Transport & storage	776	112
I: Accommodation & catering	284	397
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	167	33
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	111	41
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	561	64
P: Education	128	284
Q: Human health & social work	99	238
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	267	200
T: Activities of households	214	612
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,961	208
B: Mining & quarrying	198	4
C: Manufacturing	1,972	355
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	165	7
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	52	1
F: Construction	1,505	39
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,660	546
H: Transport & storage	611	28
I: Accommodation & catering	415	272
J: Information & communication	59	19
K: Financial & insurance	135	53
L: Real estate activities.	96	20
M: Professional, scientific & technical	148	66
N: Administrative & support	16	9
O: Public administration & defence	967	151
P: Education	292	279
Q: Human health & social work	230	223
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	208	104
T: Activities of households	96	186
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

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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