Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	183	9
Textiles & clothing	465	159
Wood & paper	122	5
Chemicals	10	0
Low tech	244	4
High tech.	190	2
Other	51	1

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	291	27
Textiles & clothing	638	780
Wood & paper	195	1
Chemicals	39	1
Low tech	363	3
High tech.	234	0
Other	137	14

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	166	18
Textiles & clothing	283	348
Wood & paper	101	6
Chemicals	30	1
Low tech	279	0
High tech.	231	0
Other	146	32

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	322	121
Textiles & clothing	257	698
Wood & paper	88	1
Chemicals	55	20
Low tech	352	2
High tech.	291	1
Other	266	25

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	307	98
Textiles & clothing	195	180
Wood & paper	161	12
Chemicals	36	2
Low tech	248	7
High tech.	376	18
Other	206	34

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	249	113
Textiles & clothing	76	100
Wood & paper	147	2
Chemicals	40	4
Low tech	542	27
High tech.	260	34
Other	230	78

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	237	89
Textiles & clothing	90	129
Wood & paper	192	13
Chemicals	199	94
Low tech	438	72
High tech.	1,011	328
Other	288	133

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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