Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,269	129
B: Mining & quarrying	9	0
C: Manufacturing	2,158	385
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	1
F: Construction	968	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	530	82
H: Transport & storage	370	4
I: Accommodation & catering	147	44
J: Information & communication	15	3
K: Financial & insurance	10	0
L: Real estate activities.	17	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	65	0
N: Administrative & support	334	3
O: Public administration & defence	1,037	3
P: Education	68	111
Q: Human health & social work	68	58
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	112	119
T: Activities of households	712	2,452
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,698	533
B: Mining & quarrying	5	0
C: Manufacturing	1,786	833
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	8	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	8	2
F: Construction	955	7
G: Wholesale & retail trade	600	183
H: Transport & storage	586	19
I: Accommodation & catering	192	220
J: Information & communication	9	2
K: Financial & insurance	11	0
L: Real estate activities.	123	112
M: Professional, scientific & technical	102	1
N: Administrative & support	48	2
O: Public administration & defence	1,437	18
P: Education	68	204
Q: Human health & social work	52	87
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	152	575
T: Activities of households	468	1,789
U: Extraterritorial bodies	5	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,090	86
B: Mining & quarrying	10	0
C: Manufacturing	1,717	807
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	19	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	7	0
F: Construction	1,231	8
G: Wholesale & retail trade	714	149
H: Transport & storage	812	5
I: Accommodation & catering	202	107
J: Information & communication	21	8
K: Financial & insurance	36	1
L: Real estate activities.	25	1
M: Professional, scientific & technical	127	1
N: Administrative & support	142	10
O: Public administration & defence	1,304	24
P: Education	169	301
Q: Human health & social work	44	114
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	157	655
T: Activities of households	619	3,129
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,086	130
B: Mining & quarrying	31	0
C: Manufacturing	2,560	780
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	72	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	17	0
F: Construction	1,584	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,167	365
H: Transport & storage	1,682	20
I: Accommodation & catering	293	267
J: Information & communication	40	24
K: Financial & insurance	101	1
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	94	8
N: Administrative & support	177	66
O: Public administration & defence	4,613	90
P: Education	112	328
Q: Human health & social work	78	214
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	409	723
T: Activities of households	1,286	2,987
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,995	212
B: Mining & quarrying	45	0
C: Manufacturing	2,350	359
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	196	6
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	122	7
F: Construction	1,724	10
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,331	888
H: Transport & storage	1,451	109
I: Accommodation & catering	347	387
J: Information & communication	7	1
K: Financial & insurance	189	25
L: Real estate activities.	78	15
M: Professional, scientific & technical	193	42
N: Administrative & support	0	2
O: Public administration & defence	2,458	72
P: Education	264	548
Q: Human health & social work	242	444
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	500	470
T: Activities of households	1,788	3,409
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,298	360
B: Mining & quarrying	16	1
C: Manufacturing	3,372	750
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	290	19
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	74	3
F: Construction	2,073	55
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,315	1,435
H: Transport & storage	1,139	184
I: Accommodation & catering	326	757
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	235	90
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	183	99
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	4,673	867
P: Education	390	642
Q: Human health & social work	608	1,098
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	455	439
T: Activities of households	599	1,298
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,336	166
B: Mining & quarrying	47	3
C: Manufacturing	5,967	832
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	370	40
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	46	1
F: Construction	2,769	75
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,408	1,056
H: Transport & storage	1,173	138
I: Accommodation & catering	363	303
J: Information & communication	278	95
K: Financial & insurance	226	113
L: Real estate activities.	72	34
M: Professional, scientific & technical	984	171
N: Administrative & support	39	39
O: Public administration & defence	4,054	622
P: Education	520	756
Q: Human health & social work	368	530
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	345	252
T: Activities of households	220	356
U: Extraterritorial bodies	22	1

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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