Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,548	300
B: Mining & quarrying	366	2
C: Manufacturing	2,585	976
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	1
F: Construction	919	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	516	89
H: Transport & storage	382	9
I: Accommodation & catering	138	38
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	8	0
L: Real estate activities.	19	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	86	0
N: Administrative & support	261	5
O: Public administration & defence	115	5
P: Education	53	95
Q: Human health & social work	45	42
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	79	114
T: Activities of households	728	1,948
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,201	1,116
B: Mining & quarrying	100	1
C: Manufacturing	2,965	1,947
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	19	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	14	7
F: Construction	1,424	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,033	312
H: Transport & storage	1,004	17
I: Accommodation & catering	288	344
J: Information & communication	15	2
K: Financial & insurance	13	1
L: Real estate activities.	148	198
M: Professional, scientific & technical	194	0
N: Administrative & support	159	20
O: Public administration & defence	213	9
P: Education	92	292
Q: Human health & social work	89	132
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	210	831
T: Activities of households	309	2,584
U: Extraterritorial bodies	17	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,144	275
B: Mining & quarrying	27	0
C: Manufacturing	976	614
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	8	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	650	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	344	90
H: Transport & storage	300	5
I: Accommodation & catering	68	53
J: Information & communication	5	2
K: Financial & insurance	15	0
L: Real estate activities.	11	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	62	0
N: Administrative & support	74	5
O: Public administration & defence	128	19
P: Education	45	163
Q: Human health & social work	23	32
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	74	448
T: Activities of households	293	1,513
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,275	140
B: Mining & quarrying	785	0
C: Manufacturing	1,725	1,042
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	34	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	0
F: Construction	742	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	548	232
H: Transport & storage	729	9
I: Accommodation & catering	121	142
J: Information & communication	17	12
K: Financial & insurance	67	1
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	48	3
N: Administrative & support	114	38
O: Public administration & defence	168	53
P: Education	63	201
Q: Human health & social work	39	132
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	145	398
T: Activities of households	479	1,431
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,455	121
B: Mining & quarrying	81	0
C: Manufacturing	1,046	277
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	72	3
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	20	0
F: Construction	547	6
G: Wholesale & retail trade	812	311
H: Transport & storage	627	59
I: Accommodation & catering	182	188
J: Information & communication	3	1
K: Financial & insurance	98	11
L: Real estate activities.	23	3
M: Professional, scientific & technical	70	19
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	393	21
P: Education	111	260
Q: Human health & social work	75	155
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	220	161
T: Activities of households	733	1,345
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,732	275
B: Mining & quarrying	226	32
C: Manufacturing	8,190	1,967
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	62	6
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	31	0
F: Construction	1,032	13
G: Wholesale & retail trade	758	330
H: Transport & storage	576	88
I: Accommodation & catering	317	557
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	93	16
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	64	19
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	3,631	333
P: Education	125	246
Q: Human health & social work	159	377
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	222	70
T: Activities of households	267	537
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,223	108
B: Mining & quarrying	113	2
C: Manufacturing	8,706	925
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	222	10
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	32	2
F: Construction	1,611	35
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,447	521
H: Transport & storage	674	54
I: Accommodation & catering	206	179
J: Information & communication	171	53
K: Financial & insurance	125	55
L: Real estate activities.	37	8
M: Professional, scientific & technical	300	53
N: Administrative & support	35	28
O: Public administration & defence	1,233	260
P: Education	407	461
Q: Human health & social work	155	235
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	206	113
T: Activities of households	95	167
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

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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