Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	7,244	403
B: Mining & quarrying	1,700	95
C: Manufacturing	38,737	12,211
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	15	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	24	9
F: Construction	10,432	23
G: Wholesale & retail trade	6,594	1,445
H: Transport & storage	10,360	99
I: Accommodation & catering	1,300	969
J: Information & communication	19	0
K: Financial & insurance	214	21
L: Real estate activities.	120	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	557	1
N: Administrative & support	6,169	31
O: Public administration & defence	2,248	4
P: Education	489	656
Q: Human health & social work	484	271
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	879	1,025
T: Activities of households	2,532	21,253
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	10,686	2,682
B: Mining & quarrying	3,909	3
C: Manufacturing	48,481	18,917
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	344	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	248	22
F: Construction	16,191	33
G: Wholesale & retail trade	11,904	5,373
H: Transport & storage	39,600	336
I: Accommodation & catering	3,113	4,202
J: Information & communication	389	118
K: Financial & insurance	1,387	46
L: Real estate activities.	899	1,194
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,632	4
N: Administrative & support	7,055	167
O: Public administration & defence	3,682	105
P: Education	638	1,819
Q: Human health & social work	567	692
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,599	5,289
T: Activities of households	1,397	26,541
U: Extraterritorial bodies	22	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	10,514	610
B: Mining & quarrying	7,241	313
C: Manufacturing	69,380	27,335
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	702	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	256	24
F: Construction	27,946	96
G: Wholesale & retail trade	20,321	7,369
H: Transport & storage	54,081	597
I: Accommodation & catering	5,178	3,821
J: Information & communication	627	148
K: Financial & insurance	2,596	62
L: Real estate activities.	506	3
M: Professional, scientific & technical	2,894	93
N: Administrative & support	15,901	473
O: Public administration & defence	5,454	256
P: Education	1,277	4,433
Q: Human health & social work	921	2,107
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,627	10,561
T: Activities of households	4,266	49,296
U: Extraterritorial bodies	6	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	9,763	1,149
B: Mining & quarrying	16,964	379
C: Manufacturing	121,530	67,164
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,873	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1,313	2
F: Construction	32,611	20
G: Wholesale & retail trade	38,875	19,279
H: Transport & storage	108,749	1,768
I: Accommodation & catering	7,546	9,198
J: Information & communication	1,453	1,223
K: Financial & insurance	7,261	417
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	2,908	247
N: Administrative & support	25,936	5,351
O: Public administration & defence	10,834	1,936
P: Education	2,526	7,336
Q: Human health & social work	1,992	5,048
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	9,236	19,481
T: Activities of households	3,441	42,577
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	7,918	623
B: Mining & quarrying	15,056	455
C: Manufacturing	110,974	56,553
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	6,477	141
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	984	171
F: Construction	26,565	436
G: Wholesale & retail trade	72,276	40,756
H: Transport & storage	84,795	4,800
I: Accommodation & catering	7,603	13,533
J: Information & communication	809	183
K: Financial & insurance	10,020	2,916
L: Real estate activities.	1,908	535
M: Professional, scientific & technical	4,737	1,638
N: Administrative & support	16	72
O: Public administration & defence	25,943	2,432
P: Education	3,999	9,957
Q: Human health & social work	3,538	9,182
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	12,773	12,128
T: Activities of households	3,333	36,779
U: Extraterritorial bodies	76	23

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,626	823
B: Mining & quarrying	12,529	407
C: Manufacturing	162,077	81,086
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	8,221	936
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	861	27
F: Construction	40,305	1,102
G: Wholesale & retail trade	57,431	45,776
H: Transport & storage	98,662	8,141
I: Accommodation & catering	6,680	20,018
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	9,953	5,015
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	4,985	2,628
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	33,126	7,182
P: Education	5,963	10,955
Q: Human health & social work	6,338	16,331
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	13,583	26,528
T: Activities of households	1,415	8,871
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,313	521
B: Mining & quarrying	4,265	163
C: Manufacturing	173,513	75,005
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	6,511	1,409
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1,081	83
F: Construction	44,003	2,152
G: Wholesale & retail trade	52,351	53,932
H: Transport & storage	62,222	8,789
I: Accommodation & catering	6,089	11,698
J: Information & communication	4,403	2,483
K: Financial & insurance	10,004	10,624
L: Real estate activities.	970	835
M: Professional, scientific & technical	6,169	4,040
N: Administrative & support	1,919	2,044
O: Public administration & defence	27,668	16,629
P: Education	12,848	26,765
Q: Human health & social work	8,298	23,766
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	7,775	15,619
T: Activities of households	418	2,718
U: Extraterritorial bodies	129	56

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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