Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,411	48
B: Mining & quarrying	543	21
C: Manufacturing	13,082	6,767
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	5	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	23	2
F: Construction	1,796	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,300	294
H: Transport & storage	1,658	15
I: Accommodation & catering	203	99
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	42	11
L: Real estate activities.	33	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	98	2
N: Administrative & support	931	6
O: Public administration & defence	195	0
P: Education	92	107
Q: Human health & social work	84	62
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	190	505
T: Activities of households	551	3,258
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,258	404
B: Mining & quarrying	1,531	0
C: Manufacturing	14,811	10,530
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	93	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	50	4
F: Construction	2,724	9
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,387	687
H: Transport & storage	2,887	35
I: Accommodation & catering	440	469
J: Information & communication	86	22
K: Financial & insurance	146	17
L: Real estate activities.	236	221
M: Professional, scientific & technical	299	1
N: Administrative & support	1,038	17
O: Public administration & defence	937	19
P: Education	123	291
Q: Human health & social work	89	117
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	382	1,298
T: Activities of households	385	4,974
U: Extraterritorial bodies	3	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,521	72
B: Mining & quarrying	5,147	19
C: Manufacturing	22,597	20,500
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	278	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	108	1
F: Construction	5,857	24
G: Wholesale & retail trade	4,295	1,156
H: Transport & storage	6,386	57
I: Accommodation & catering	779	499
J: Information & communication	161	31
K: Financial & insurance	426	18
L: Real estate activities.	137	1
M: Professional, scientific & technical	547	7
N: Administrative & support	3,073	99
O: Public administration & defence	1,425	48
P: Education	297	838
Q: Human health & social work	191	342
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	523	1,830
T: Activities of households	923	7,611
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,648	198
B: Mining & quarrying	5,966	145
C: Manufacturing	45,294	34,784
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	841	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	370	0
F: Construction	7,500	7
G: Wholesale & retail trade	9,870	3,797
H: Transport & storage	16,257	434
I: Accommodation & catering	1,399	1,887
J: Information & communication	472	243
K: Financial & insurance	1,265	59
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	570	35
N: Administrative & support	5,467	1,008
O: Public administration & defence	2,009	324
P: Education	443	1,377
Q: Human health & social work	340	733
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,849	3,418
T: Activities of households	588	5,929
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	784	39
B: Mining & quarrying	6,284	84
C: Manufacturing	41,409	31,665
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,472	42
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	232	182
F: Construction	5,393	112
G: Wholesale & retail trade	16,046	7,757
H: Transport & storage	12,553	788
I: Accommodation & catering	1,168	2,191
J: Information & communication	98	41
K: Financial & insurance	1,620	629
L: Real estate activities.	269	110
M: Professional, scientific & technical	740	269
N: Administrative & support	1	6
O: Public administration & defence	3,864	457
P: Education	687	1,453
Q: Human health & social work	670	1,508
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,322	1,854
T: Activities of households	370	4,499
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	521	36
B: Mining & quarrying	5,147	179
C: Manufacturing	42,526	29,718
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,957	187
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	45	1
F: Construction	8,282	301
G: Wholesale & retail trade	9,336	5,598
H: Transport & storage	12,644	1,873
I: Accommodation & catering	772	3,276
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	820	269
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	273	136
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	3,490	753
P: Education	962	1,613
Q: Human health & social work	910	2,178
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,917	1,719
T: Activities of households	63	1,181
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	980	145
B: Mining & quarrying	747	28
C: Manufacturing	29,904	12,095
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	849	164
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	67	3
F: Construction	6,777	339
G: Wholesale & retail trade	9,332	5,217
H: Transport & storage	8,382	1,595
I: Accommodation & catering	865	1,414
J: Information & communication	1,099	443
K: Financial & insurance	1,161	922
L: Real estate activities.	117	59
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,100	548
N: Administrative & support	251	303
O: Public administration & defence	5,312	2,803
P: Education	2,682	3,684
Q: Human health & social work	1,289	2,933
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,227	1,300
T: Activities of households	43	366
U: Extraterritorial bodies	22	4

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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