Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	7,116	665
B: Mining & quarrying	1	0
C: Manufacturing	2,281	464
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	1
F: Construction	935	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	617	91
H: Transport & storage	289	5
I: Accommodation & catering	200	46
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	7	0
L: Real estate activities.	16	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	63	2
N: Administrative & support	346	4
O: Public administration & defence	576	7
P: Education	71	108
Q: Human health & social work	57	43
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	100	123
T: Activities of households	1,067	2,625
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,716	1,208
B: Mining & quarrying	4	1
C: Manufacturing	2,108	849
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	3	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	5
F: Construction	962	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	685	164
H: Transport & storage	318	26
I: Accommodation & catering	211	209
J: Information & communication	5	0
K: Financial & insurance	11	0
L: Real estate activities.	102	66
M: Professional, scientific & technical	82	0
N: Administrative & support	42	8
O: Public administration & defence	124	11
P: Education	63	191
Q: Human health & social work	46	78
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	161	419
T: Activities of households	354	1,489
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,246	253
B: Mining & quarrying	4	0
C: Manufacturing	1,978	632
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	13	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	6	0
F: Construction	1,254	7
G: Wholesale & retail trade	580	139
H: Transport & storage	616	5
I: Accommodation & catering	189	81
J: Information & communication	19	6
K: Financial & insurance	33	0
L: Real estate activities.	26	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	99	3
N: Administrative & support	90	8
O: Public administration & defence	377	31
P: Education	83	307
Q: Human health & social work	29	59
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	127	537
T: Activities of households	631	2,630
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,376	117
B: Mining & quarrying	25	0
C: Manufacturing	2,103	810
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	62	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	11	0
F: Construction	1,887	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,202	351
H: Transport & storage	1,510	23
I: Accommodation & catering	304	277
J: Information & communication	44	27
K: Financial & insurance	117	0
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	112	10
N: Administrative & support	164	87
O: Public administration & defence	713	106
P: Education	156	376
Q: Human health & social work	78	234
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	520	970
T: Activities of households	1,852	3,442
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,258	104
B: Mining & quarrying	41	0
C: Manufacturing	2,815	657
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	177	6
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	68	1
F: Construction	1,505	10
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,987	652
H: Transport & storage	1,126	74
I: Accommodation & catering	418	280
J: Information & communication	13	3
K: Financial & insurance	174	23
L: Real estate activities.	60	6
M: Professional, scientific & technical	149	43
N: Administrative & support	0	3
O: Public administration & defence	987	46
P: Education	298	408
Q: Human health & social work	133	254
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	739	495
T: Activities of households	2,228	2,896
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	1

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,001	311
B: Mining & quarrying	74	2
C: Manufacturing	5,018	1,193
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	530	150
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	33	0
F: Construction	3,896	63
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,299	1,215
H: Transport & storage	1,514	280
I: Accommodation & catering	370	738
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	274	97
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	229	81
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	2,426	786
P: Education	469	737
Q: Human health & social work	171	408
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	834	516
T: Activities of households	871	1,324
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,121	160
B: Mining & quarrying	89	4
C: Manufacturing	7,662	1,483
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	441	59
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	31	3
F: Construction	3,175	111
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,024	1,465
H: Transport & storage	1,172	165
I: Accommodation & catering	429	350
J: Information & communication	314	120
K: Financial & insurance	271	206
L: Real estate activities.	105	35
M: Professional, scientific & technical	2,913	529
N: Administrative & support	108	112
O: Public administration & defence	2,581	711
P: Education	844	1,316
Q: Human health & social work	398	541
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	588	397
T: Activities of households	232	409
U: Extraterritorial bodies	122	3

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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