Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	234	7
Textiles & clothing	454	455
Wood & paper	298	3
Chemicals	33	0
Low tech	344	7
High tech.	727	1
Other	93	5

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	433	47
Textiles & clothing	1,043	1,761
Wood & paper	327	10
Chemicals	165	6
Low tech	1,197	10
High tech.	1,689	3
Other	290	51

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	840	138
Textiles & clothing	1,583	2,805
Wood & paper	606	95
Chemicals	416	25
Low tech	1,678	34
High tech.	2,033	23
Other	1,992	567

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,983	1,229
Textiles & clothing	2,507	6,243
Wood & paper	965	363
Chemicals	908	220
Low tech	3,591	649
High tech.	5,850	33
Other	4,099	667

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,875	2,659
Textiles & clothing	3,048	5,714
Wood & paper	1,236	537
Chemicals	1,516	721
Low tech	4,329	1,230
High tech.	7,466	1,479
Other	6,530	2,077

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,741	1,531
Textiles & clothing	679	1,567
Wood & paper	678	314
Chemicals	574	328
Low tech	2,566	504
High tech.	6,769	1,698
Other	2,182	1,198

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	840	670
Textiles & clothing	230	730
Wood & paper	550	210
Chemicals	560	420
Low tech	1,680	430
High tech.	6,480	2,220
Other	1,050	480

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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