Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	65	11
Textiles & clothing	1,180	468
Wood & paper	84	2
Chemicals	11	3
Low tech	439	6
High tech.	253	0
Other	151	84

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	76	14
Textiles & clothing	589	528
Wood & paper	38	1
Chemicals	32	0
Low tech	650	6
High tech.	242	1
Other	121	9

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	116	60
Textiles & clothing	601	1,133
Wood & paper	74	4
Chemicals	47	1
Low tech	2,567	9
High tech.	1,234	3
Other	465	43

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	194	255
Textiles & clothing	446	1,285
Wood & paper	202	7
Chemicals	160	24
Low tech	3,638	36
High tech.	3,544	8
Other	836	71

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	334	259
Textiles & clothing	347	656
Wood & paper	198	9
Chemicals	270	65
Low tech	2,935	94
High tech.	4,972	149
Other	887	142

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	446	297
Textiles & clothing	1,174	2,476
Wood & paper	362	25
Chemicals	826	248
Low tech	3,663	385
High tech.	7,953	516
Other	1,134	596

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	209	87
Textiles & clothing	2,038	1,415
Wood & paper	729	113
Chemicals	671	214
Low tech	2,248	101
High tech.	6,065	935
Other	574	248

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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