Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	231	11
Textiles & clothing	616	235
Wood & paper	173	10
Chemicals	5	0
Low tech	330	5
High tech.	208	3
Other	71	5

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	215	21
Textiles & clothing	339	444
Wood & paper	229	44
Chemicals	14	0
Low tech	272	2
High tech.	129	0
Other	73	4

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	151	29
Textiles & clothing	258	359
Wood & paper	138	67
Chemicals	16	1
Low tech	275	2
High tech.	171	1
Other	121	43

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	255	60
Textiles & clothing	181	372
Wood & paper	101	18
Chemicals	27	5
Low tech	283	2
High tech.	518	1
Other	164	17

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	256	55
Textiles & clothing	317	533
Wood & paper	254	156
Chemicals	45	4
Low tech	187	2
High tech.	1,605	79
Other	354	114

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	230	141
Textiles & clothing	190	478
Wood & paper	686	538
Chemicals	239	142
Low tech	174	21
High tech.	1,768	328
Other	620	285

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	410	91
Textiles & clothing	224	424
Wood & paper	330	44
Chemicals	1,440	820
Low tech	622	225
High tech.	8,788	1,741
Other	187	53

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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