Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,520	348
B: Mining & quarrying	827	5
C: Manufacturing	2,652	748
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	1
F: Construction	935	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	501	177
H: Transport & storage	529	4
I: Accommodation & catering	127	99
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	14	1
L: Real estate activities.	9	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	45	0
N: Administrative & support	139	4
O: Public administration & defence	71	1
P: Education	77	72
Q: Human health & social work	41	16
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	81	65
T: Activities of households	673	1,856
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,732	1,132
B: Mining & quarrying	2,635	1
C: Manufacturing	2,389	1,114
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	12	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	7	3
F: Construction	991	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	513	309
H: Transport & storage	982	25
I: Accommodation & catering	111	284
J: Information & communication	8	2
K: Financial & insurance	14	1
L: Real estate activities.	121	263
M: Professional, scientific & technical	79	1
N: Administrative & support	54	23
O: Public administration & defence	126	1
P: Education	62	105
Q: Human health & social work	31	36
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	131	215
T: Activities of households	79	1,462
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,449	151
B: Mining & quarrying	6,233	28
C: Manufacturing	3,486	1,463
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	15	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	16	0
F: Construction	1,428	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	744	243
H: Transport & storage	1,015	31
I: Accommodation & catering	163	181
J: Information & communication	15	3
K: Financial & insurance	48	6
L: Real estate activities.	20	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	174	5
N: Administrative & support	185	5
O: Public administration & defence	136	12
P: Education	90	202
Q: Human health & social work	41	49
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	193	313
T: Activities of households	229	2,750
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,340	610
B: Mining & quarrying	4,131	92
C: Manufacturing	5,125	2,556
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	104	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	21	0
F: Construction	1,654	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,762	634
H: Transport & storage	2,574	32
I: Accommodation & catering	246	468
J: Information & communication	60	43
K: Financial & insurance	219	3
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	165	6
N: Administrative & support	315	117
O: Public administration & defence	456	85
P: Education	157	421
Q: Human health & social work	94	175
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	342	638
T: Activities of households	378	2,243
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,188	138
B: Mining & quarrying	6,922	186
C: Manufacturing	2,208	556
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	134	5
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	19	1
F: Construction	636	10
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,675	777
H: Transport & storage	1,224	85
I: Accommodation & catering	173	416
J: Information & communication	4	1
K: Financial & insurance	201	33
L: Real estate activities.	62	6
M: Professional, scientific & technical	107	37
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	648	44
P: Education	142	453
Q: Human health & social work	92	187
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	234	166
T: Activities of households	334	1,617
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,743	195
B: Mining & quarrying	4,261	122
C: Manufacturing	6,367	2,496
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	258	25
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	20	0
F: Construction	4,325	75
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,535	1,118
H: Transport & storage	1,295	156
I: Accommodation & catering	246	777
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	196	54
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	90	51
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,014	194
P: Education	277	413
Q: Human health & social work	86	264
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	265	221
T: Activities of households	83	317
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,370	294
B: Mining & quarrying	997	9
C: Manufacturing	7,156	1,568
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	176	11
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	74	0
F: Construction	1,958	34
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,739	966
H: Transport & storage	1,259	87
I: Accommodation & catering	433	477
J: Information & communication	146	36
K: Financial & insurance	177	93
L: Real estate activities.	47	4
M: Professional, scientific & technical	267	74
N: Administrative & support	41	11
O: Public administration & defence	1,809	491
P: Education	531	773
Q: Human health & social work	315	439
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	231	199
T: Activities of households	34	149
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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