Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,154	154
B: Mining & quarrying	3	0
C: Manufacturing	1,135	284
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	450	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	313	40
H: Transport & storage	256	3
I: Accommodation & catering	77	18
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	5	0
L: Real estate activities.	6	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	32	0
N: Administrative & support	214	2
O: Public administration & defence	98	1
P: Education	32	65
Q: Human health & social work	29	27
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	62	54
T: Activities of households	402	1,232
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,195	449
B: Mining & quarrying	2	0
C: Manufacturing	1,433	570
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	3	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	6	0
F: Construction	572	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	471	131
H: Transport & storage	235	4
I: Accommodation & catering	152	145
J: Information & communication	7	0
K: Financial & insurance	5	0
L: Real estate activities.	50	65
M: Professional, scientific & technical	77	0
N: Administrative & support	54	0
O: Public administration & defence	121	10
P: Education	40	136
Q: Human health & social work	21	49
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	73	269
T: Activities of households	183	913
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,604	26
B: Mining & quarrying	10	0
C: Manufacturing	1,535	589
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	8	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	7	0
F: Construction	624	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	444	90
H: Transport & storage	338	1
I: Accommodation & catering	145	60
J: Information & communication	17	7
K: Financial & insurance	27	0
L: Real estate activities.	7	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	79	1
N: Administrative & support	109	5
O: Public administration & defence	143	16
P: Education	51	180
Q: Human health & social work	17	65
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	68	304
T: Activities of households	196	1,508
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,386	82
B: Mining & quarrying	36	0
C: Manufacturing	2,281	850
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	125	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	24	0
F: Construction	1,096	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,025	280
H: Transport & storage	1,589	15
I: Accommodation & catering	205	195
J: Information & communication	38	17
K: Financial & insurance	162	7
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	97	8
N: Administrative & support	436	89
O: Public administration & defence	932	79
P: Education	94	232
Q: Human health & social work	67	158
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	266	389
T: Activities of households	525	1,759
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,736	113
B: Mining & quarrying	66	0
C: Manufacturing	5,425	1,486
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	172	3
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	48	1
F: Construction	1,980	18
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,161	732
H: Transport & storage	1,032	94
I: Accommodation & catering	304	294
J: Information & communication	18	8
K: Financial & insurance	302	60
L: Real estate activities.	49	6
M: Professional, scientific & technical	211	63
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	897	52
P: Education	193	336
Q: Human health & social work	182	298
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	360	301
T: Activities of households	631	1,763
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,175	293
B: Mining & quarrying	28	3
C: Manufacturing	11,198	3,329
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	429	63
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	60	1
F: Construction	2,378	61
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,721	1,512
H: Transport & storage	1,298	341
I: Accommodation & catering	299	828
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	308	151
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	247	129
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	2,340	817
P: Education	482	635
Q: Human health & social work	531	882
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	457	378
T: Activities of households	261	689
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,668	200
B: Mining & quarrying	78	1
C: Manufacturing	16,197	4,916
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	489	45
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	103	2
F: Construction	3,977	214
G: Wholesale & retail trade	5,351	3,577
H: Transport & storage	2,646	600
I: Accommodation & catering	529	761
J: Information & communication	333	160
K: Financial & insurance	913	807
L: Real estate activities.	126	71
M: Professional, scientific & technical	767	547
N: Administrative & support	167	214
O: Public administration & defence	3,949	2,695
P: Education	970	1,940
Q: Human health & social work	768	1,758
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	515	691
T: Activities of households	119	334
U: Extraterritorial bodies	65	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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