Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	43	5
Textiles & clothing	1,306	969
Wood & paper	56	2
Chemicals	4	0
Low tech	162	1
High tech.	119	2
Other	37	1

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	255	47
Textiles & clothing	798	1,153
Wood & paper	158	4
Chemicals	164	3
Low tech	1,018	28
High tech.	1,430	0
Other	203	25

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	521	180
Textiles & clothing	928	1,818
Wood & paper	220	32
Chemicals	310	24
Low tech	2,017	6
High tech.	2,889	8
Other	1,355	140

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,571	883
Textiles & clothing	2,460	5,357
Wood & paper	476	365
Chemicals	1,728	766
Low tech	2,114	79
High tech.	10,153	54
Other	2,195	330

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,826	1,547
Textiles & clothing	1,488	1,446
Wood & paper	565	141
Chemicals	4,839	2,019
Low tech	1,288	149
High tech.	5,330	325
Other	1,996	581

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	4,219	1,732
Textiles & clothing	1,212	1,403
Wood & paper	656	188
Chemicals	6,752	2,593
Low tech	1,290	346
High tech.	14,769	471
Other	1,071	646

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	4,664	2,568
Textiles & clothing	1,490	1,474
Wood & paper	1,196	363
Chemicals	7,314	2,964
Low tech	2,577	369
High tech.	15,228	1,706
Other	476	906

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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