Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	19,454	521
B: Mining & quarrying	26	0
C: Manufacturing	7,683	5,876
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	8	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	20	65
F: Construction	3,128	13
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,943	373
H: Transport & storage	905	15
I: Accommodation & catering	693	176
J: Information & communication	2	0
K: Financial & insurance	27	0
L: Real estate activities.	53	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	184	1
N: Administrative & support	1,195	20
O: Public administration & defence	344	11
P: Education	214	392
Q: Human health & social work	191	210
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	345	377
T: Activities of households	3,095	7,112
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	19,708	2,009
B: Mining & quarrying	33	0
C: Manufacturing	8,385	11,024
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	49	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	60	2
F: Construction	4,193	7
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,739	788
H: Transport & storage	1,781	53
I: Accommodation & catering	1,086	1,074
J: Information & communication	51	9
K: Financial & insurance	74	0
L: Real estate activities.	374	303
M: Professional, scientific & technical	438	0
N: Administrative & support	340	6
O: Public administration & defence	600	44
P: Education	243	783
Q: Human health & social work	200	325
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	485	1,721
T: Activities of households	1,637	6,338
U: Extraterritorial bodies	25	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	15,973	292
B: Mining & quarrying	83	2
C: Manufacturing	8,784	10,508
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	95	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	27	0
F: Construction	5,259	28
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,967	621
H: Transport & storage	2,721	27
I: Accommodation & catering	967	314
J: Information & communication	97	26
K: Financial & insurance	178	4
L: Real estate activities.	94	2
M: Professional, scientific & technical	507	5
N: Administrative & support	699	27
O: Public administration & defence	1,165	73
P: Education	401	1,278
Q: Human health & social work	173	351
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	516	2,067
T: Activities of households	2,065	9,998
U: Extraterritorial bodies	4	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	20,990	409
B: Mining & quarrying	296	2
C: Manufacturing	16,766	10,053
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	552	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	140	0
F: Construction	10,643	10
G: Wholesale & retail trade	8,654	2,346
H: Transport & storage	9,573	142
I: Accommodation & catering	1,614	1,486
J: Information & communication	335	202
K: Financial & insurance	1,335	26
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,063	85
N: Administrative & support	2,386	1,120
O: Public administration & defence	2,652	591
P: Education	778	2,308
Q: Human health & social work	693	1,688
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,632	4,837
T: Activities of households	3,398	17,791
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	13,724	809
B: Mining & quarrying	668	10
C: Manufacturing	28,801	13,663
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,738	70
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	673	27
F: Construction	13,966	135
G: Wholesale & retail trade	15,830	5,561
H: Transport & storage	12,406	1,174
I: Accommodation & catering	1,910	1,714
J: Information & communication	542	147
K: Financial & insurance	2,998	592
L: Real estate activities.	531	106
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,943	523
N: Administrative & support	2	12
O: Public administration & defence	6,036	514
P: Education	1,620	3,031
Q: Human health & social work	1,609	2,564
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	3,346	3,138
T: Activities of households	6,926	15,753
U: Extraterritorial bodies	5	2

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	12,391	1,762
B: Mining & quarrying	431	20
C: Manufacturing	66,238	27,267
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	3,226	384
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	799	60
F: Construction	19,100	500
G: Wholesale & retail trade	16,724	10,966
H: Transport & storage	11,324	1,818
I: Accommodation & catering	2,640	6,073
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	2,153	1,129
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	2,018	1,069
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	9,655	2,695
P: Education	2,847	4,845
Q: Human health & social work	3,698	6,558
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	4,638	4,106
T: Activities of households	2,564	6,244
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,343	1,075
B: Mining & quarrying	791	72
C: Manufacturing	112,851	32,773
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	3,932	705
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	814	146
F: Construction	23,712	1,448
G: Wholesale & retail trade	30,868	21,043
H: Transport & storage	13,550	2,768
I: Accommodation & catering	2,757	3,201
J: Information & communication	6,460	2,339
K: Financial & insurance	3,263	3,087
L: Real estate activities.	1,347	679
M: Professional, scientific & technical	8,207	4,226
N: Administrative & support	996	1,953
O: Public administration & defence	11,633	7,927
P: Education	8,022	15,118
Q: Human health & social work	4,849	7,745
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	4,230	4,013
T: Activities of households	784	2,495
U: Extraterritorial bodies	126	45

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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