Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	193	11
Textiles & clothing	2,577	1,028
Wood & paper	79	2
Chemicals	3	0
Low tech	297	6
High tech.	194	2
Other	45	11

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	195	14
Textiles & clothing	477	647
Wood & paper	40	0
Chemicals	13	1
Low tech	208	1
High tech.	106	0
Other	49	1

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	151	8
Textiles & clothing	283	378
Wood & paper	25	3
Chemicals	11	1
Low tech	204	2
High tech.	76	0
Other	90	9

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	159	44
Textiles & clothing	1,573	2,064
Wood & paper	49	15
Chemicals	37	10
Low tech	451	8
High tech.	393	4
Other	196	14

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	194	99
Textiles & clothing	338	455
Wood & paper	192	17
Chemicals	8	7
Low tech	1,537	32
High tech.	172	8
Other	81	22

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	215	144
Textiles & clothing	178	496
Wood & paper	267	9
Chemicals	5	7
Low tech	1,520	130
High tech.	138	13
Other	95	27

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	273	121
Textiles & clothing	874	1,043
Wood & paper	173	46
Chemicals	240	110
Low tech	631	81
High tech.	1,692	220
Other	90	51

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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