Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	311	17
Textiles & clothing	1,157	398
Wood & paper	115	3
Chemicals	13	1
Low tech	476	4
High tech.	341	3
Other	131	8

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	536	30
Textiles & clothing	1,018	1,118
Wood & paper	130	4
Chemicals	58	4
Low tech	672	6
High tech.	345	3
Other	166	14

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	535	37
Textiles & clothing	698	999
Wood & paper	134	18
Chemicals	75	2
Low tech	1,019	5
High tech.	637	3
Other	393	41

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	623	209
Textiles & clothing	538	815
Wood & paper	130	3
Chemicals	82	4
Low tech	1,666	9
High tech.	2,145	8
Other	483	92

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	663	39
Textiles & clothing	317	238
Wood & paper	195	71
Chemicals	63	6
Low tech	424	7
High tech.	2,466	122
Other	212	56

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	643	134
Textiles & clothing	230	304
Wood & paper	142	10
Chemicals	141	18
Low tech	948	96
High tech.	4,124	747
Other	245	285

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	503	157
Textiles & clothing	202	369
Wood & paper	307	35
Chemicals	502	96
Low tech	905	48
High tech.	2,789	257
Other	101	6

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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