Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	785	35
Textiles & clothing	1,996	4,135
Wood & paper	870	962
Chemicals	32	0
Low tech	818	18
High tech.	681	6
Other	517	13

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	976	53
Textiles & clothing	2,094	10,672
Wood & paper	1,030	160
Chemicals	64	5
Low tech	966	14
High tech.	524	3
Other	1,446	171

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	860	55
Textiles & clothing	1,424	5,966
Wood & paper	1,075	786
Chemicals	59	1
Low tech	797	18
High tech.	480	3
Other	2,585	328

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,146	311
Textiles & clothing	1,730	2,458
Wood & paper	1,089	373
Chemicals	180	39
Low tech	1,377	28
High tech.	3,279	8
Other	3,773	1,018

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,553	563
Textiles & clothing	1,141	1,049
Wood & paper	1,742	342
Chemicals	174	66
Low tech	1,336	83
High tech.	2,158	224
Other	9,867	2,230

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,699	816
Textiles & clothing	885	1,439
Wood & paper	2,921	707
Chemicals	675	647
Low tech	3,713	552
High tech.	6,461	2,140
Other	11,513	2,870

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,985	928
Textiles & clothing	449	898
Wood & paper	2,947	552
Chemicals	4,048	2,077
Low tech	6,296	940
High tech.	17,215	4,145
Other	6,348	1,746

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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