Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,500	96
Textiles & clothing	6,237	2,313
Wood & paper	1,784	322
Chemicals	159	6
Low tech	2,876	32
High tech.	2,814	11
Other	984	66

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,211	276
Textiles & clothing	5,952	7,952
Wood & paper	2,143	750
Chemicals	430	16
Low tech	4,946	62
High tech.	2,438	13
Other	1,358	126

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,486	273
Textiles & clothing	4,546	7,370
Wood & paper	2,593	1,336
Chemicals	683	62
Low tech	7,337	79
High tech.	4,769	27
Other	4,608	679

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	5,125	1,896
Textiles & clothing	4,579	10,195
Wood & paper	4,257	1,364
Chemicals	1,779	664
Low tech	11,634	142
High tech.	13,123	26
Other	7,641	711

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	6,935	1,926
Textiles & clothing	3,483	3,045
Wood & paper	9,785	1,748
Chemicals	1,738	959
Low tech	10,118	299
High tech.	15,229	1,002
Other	7,511	1,809

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	6,294	2,472
Textiles & clothing	1,433	2,724
Wood & paper	15,562	3,906
Chemicals	3,278	1,862
Low tech	10,025	1,232
High tech.	18,333	2,951
Other	6,454	3,064

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	5,724	2,630
Textiles & clothing	1,693	2,343
Wood & paper	19,526	3,253
Chemicals	11,389	3,598
Low tech	14,038	1,530
High tech.	26,282	4,525
Other	4,813	2,002

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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