Industrial Order (1951) by Sex

Data for 1951	Sex
1951 Industrial Orders	Male	Female
Agric., Forest. & Fishing	5,128	724
Mining & Quarrying	731	19
Ceramics, Glass, etc.	293	24
Chemicals & Allied Trades	74	30
Metal Manufacture	10	0
Engineering, Shipbldg. & Electrical	820	84
Vehicles	522	36
Other Metal Goods	61	3
Precision Instruments, Jewel., etc.	34	5
Textiles	233	273
Leather & Fur	10	7
Clothing	895	803
Food, Drink & Tobacco	569	290
Manufactures of Wood & Cork	517	51
Paper & Printing	629	176
Other Manufacturing	64	45
Building & Contracting	1,593	22
Gas, Electricity & Water	513	58
Transport & Communication	1,840	203
Distributive Trades	1,802	1,263
Insurance, Banking & Finance	467	253
Public Administration & Defence	1,205	187
Professional Services	814	1,328
Miscellaneous Services	1,384	2,873
Not Stated & Ill-Defined	11	5

Date:	Source:
1951	1951 Census of England and Wales, Industry, Table 2 , 'Industries (Minimum List) and Status Aggregates. Occupied Males and Females aged 15 and over', for 'Con, AC, CB, MetB, Urban Areas with population of 50,000 or more'

This website exists to help people doing personal research projects on particular areas within a locality. So long as you are using our data for only a small number of units, you are not making money out of what you are doing, and you are not systematically re-publishing our data, you do not need to request permission from us, but you do need to acknowledge us as your source with the wording:

"This work is based on data provided through www.VisionofBritain.org.uk and uses historical material which is copyright of the Great Britain Historical GIS Project and the University of Portsmouth".

Where the above statement is included in a web page or similar online resource, the reference to "www.VisionofBritain.org.uk" must be a working hyperlink.

nCube definition