Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	349	12
B: Mining & quarrying	0	0
C: Manufacturing	122	107
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	0	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	40	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	32	4
H: Transport & storage	12	0
I: Accommodation & catering	11	2
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	0	0
L: Real estate activities.	1	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	3	0
N: Administrative & support	18	0
O: Public administration & defence	6	0
P: Education	3	5
Q: Human health & social work	2	2
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	5	5
T: Activities of households	51	106
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	389	43
B: Mining & quarrying	0	0
C: Manufacturing	171	84
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	107	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	55	15
H: Transport & storage	48	1
I: Accommodation & catering	28	25
J: Information & communication	2	0
K: Financial & insurance	1	0
L: Real estate activities.	11	7
M: Professional, scientific & technical	9	0
N: Administrative & support	8	0
O: Public administration & defence	15	0
P: Education	9	20
Q: Human health & social work	3	6
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	12	75
T: Activities of households	59	210
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	403	17
B: Mining & quarrying	1	0
C: Manufacturing	346	132
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	6	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	0
F: Construction	266	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	120	33
H: Transport & storage	142	1
I: Accommodation & catering	45	19
J: Information & communication	5	1
K: Financial & insurance	9	0
L: Real estate activities.	4	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	27	0
N: Administrative & support	26	1
O: Public administration & defence	43	2
P: Education	33	59
Q: Human health & social work	4	19
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	20	168
T: Activities of households	127	488
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	711	23
B: Mining & quarrying	6	0
C: Manufacturing	1,885	651
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	29	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	8	0
F: Construction	592	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	562	186
H: Transport & storage	657	9
I: Accommodation & catering	106	99
J: Information & communication	20	13
K: Financial & insurance	60	1
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	54	3
N: Administrative & support	94	44
O: Public administration & defence	141	38
P: Education	51	141
Q: Human health & social work	25	60
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	128	338
T: Activities of households	250	907
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	488	30
B: Mining & quarrying	31	0
C: Manufacturing	3,886	1,612
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	162	3
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	11	1
F: Construction	1,410	8
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,343	455
H: Transport & storage	1,418	153
I: Accommodation & catering	93	95
J: Information & communication	22	4
K: Financial & insurance	212	34
L: Real estate activities.	62	14
M: Professional, scientific & technical	106	20
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	494	45
P: Education	113	244
Q: Human health & social work	62	110
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	211	144
T: Activities of households	390	915
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	384	93
B: Mining & quarrying	11	0
C: Manufacturing	17,621	8,140
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	454	20
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	30	1
F: Construction	1,848	69
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,082	1,353
H: Transport & storage	1,367	261
I: Accommodation & catering	231	963
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	341	134
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	207	134
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,158	259
P: Education	235	426
Q: Human health & social work	146	362
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	502	511
T: Activities of households	69	295
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	236	108
B: Mining & quarrying	24	0
C: Manufacturing	24,810	10,007
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	948	199
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	66	10
F: Construction	3,122	242
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,560	2,737
H: Transport & storage	1,639	404
I: Accommodation & catering	300	591
J: Information & communication	477	218
K: Financial & insurance	457	550
L: Real estate activities.	50	50
M: Professional, scientific & technical	631	435
N: Administrative & support	244	605
O: Public administration & defence	1,470	988
P: Education	710	1,990
Q: Human health & social work	210	840
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	460	553
T: Activities of households	16	61
U: Extraterritorial bodies	20	19

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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