Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,241	41
B: Mining & quarrying	2	0
C: Manufacturing	539	311
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	3
F: Construction	219	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	148	27
H: Transport & storage	82	1
I: Accommodation & catering	50	12
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	3	0
L: Real estate activities.	6	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	17	0
N: Administrative & support	113	3
O: Public administration & defence	42	1
P: Education	16	33
Q: Human health & social work	16	16
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	24	39
T: Activities of households	242	583
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,409	119
B: Mining & quarrying	3	0
C: Manufacturing	784	614
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	5	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	6	0
F: Construction	450	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	303	81
H: Transport & storage	202	4
I: Accommodation & catering	113	95
J: Information & communication	10	3
K: Financial & insurance	9	0
L: Real estate activities.	53	33
M: Professional, scientific & technical	65	0
N: Administrative & support	41	1
O: Public administration & defence	98	10
P: Education	38	102
Q: Human health & social work	55	79
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	55	287
T: Activities of households	246	914
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	875	11
B: Mining & quarrying	2	0
C: Manufacturing	392	207
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	8	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	380	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	179	42
H: Transport & storage	218	2
I: Accommodation & catering	71	18
J: Information & communication	7	1
K: Financial & insurance	16	0
L: Real estate activities.	10	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	49	0
N: Administrative & support	66	0
O: Public administration & defence	147	3
P: Education	33	85
Q: Human health & social work	8	31
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	41	164
T: Activities of households	225	786
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,452	45
B: Mining & quarrying	20	0
C: Manufacturing	1,032	624
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	35	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	10	0
F: Construction	673	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	552	150
H: Transport & storage	600	9
I: Accommodation & catering	106	101
J: Information & communication	22	12
K: Financial & insurance	89	2
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	73	6
N: Administrative & support	154	71
O: Public administration & defence	178	46
P: Education	53	160
Q: Human health & social work	47	125
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	172	333
T: Activities of households	312	1,307
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	623	32
B: Mining & quarrying	48	0
C: Manufacturing	1,939	900
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	149	8
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	80	4
F: Construction	1,300	11
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,368	434
H: Transport & storage	1,089	126
I: Accommodation & catering	241	205
J: Information & communication	115	33
K: Financial & insurance	423	99
L: Real estate activities.	73	16
M: Professional, scientific & technical	224	64
N: Administrative & support	1	2
O: Public administration & defence	658	65
P: Education	169	331
Q: Human health & social work	159	282
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	509	386
T: Activities of households	704	1,785
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	1

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	486	53
B: Mining & quarrying	22	1
C: Manufacturing	6,767	3,233
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	133	24
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	226	26
F: Construction	2,571	75
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,341	868
H: Transport & storage	1,131	194
I: Accommodation & catering	262	613
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	181	115
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	152	77
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	929	243
P: Education	318	537
Q: Human health & social work	752	1,033
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	451	305
T: Activities of households	203	627
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	778	137
B: Mining & quarrying	120	11
C: Manufacturing	12,050	2,794
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	410	56
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	112	16
F: Construction	2,892	152
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,532	1,898
H: Transport & storage	1,537	217
I: Accommodation & catering	365	306
J: Information & communication	772	227
K: Financial & insurance	392	285
L: Real estate activities.	161	71
M: Professional, scientific & technical	833	291
N: Administrative & support	126	186
O: Public administration & defence	1,423	710
P: Education	977	1,505
Q: Human health & social work	663	834
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	521	415
T: Activities of households	128	343
U: Extraterritorial bodies	17	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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