Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	11,391	639
B: Mining & quarrying	4,337	14
C: Manufacturing	3,779	647
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	0
F: Construction	1,678	6
G: Wholesale & retail trade	698	139
H: Transport & storage	868	13
I: Accommodation & catering	181	93
J: Information & communication	2	0
K: Financial & insurance	12	1
L: Real estate activities.	30	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	54	0
N: Administrative & support	303	5
O: Public administration & defence	122	3
P: Education	79	43
Q: Human health & social work	74	28
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	146	66
T: Activities of households	621	5,794
U: Extraterritorial bodies	3	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	10,316	5,234
B: Mining & quarrying	4,651	0
C: Manufacturing	4,041	1,992
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	11	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	5	0
F: Construction	1,703	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	911	445
H: Transport & storage	1,678	41
I: Accommodation & catering	207	389
J: Information & communication	22	2
K: Financial & insurance	8	0
L: Real estate activities.	108	99
M: Professional, scientific & technical	120	0
N: Administrative & support	102	7
O: Public administration & defence	205	8
P: Education	119	85
Q: Human health & social work	70	61
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	280	401
T: Activities of households	203	3,657
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	8,141	717
B: Mining & quarrying	11,680	50
C: Manufacturing	4,318	2,440
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	26	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	16	4
F: Construction	3,161	11
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,655	610
H: Transport & storage	2,132	20
I: Accommodation & catering	261	453
J: Information & communication	88	12
K: Financial & insurance	122	0
L: Real estate activities.	33	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	253	5
N: Administrative & support	382	18
O: Public administration & defence	408	26
P: Education	313	305
Q: Human health & social work	141	105
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	438	704
T: Activities of households	698	8,056
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	9,867	1,876
B: Mining & quarrying	11,284	10
C: Manufacturing	3,829	2,444
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	131	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	22	0
F: Construction	3,319	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,154	1,443
H: Transport & storage	3,319	41
I: Accommodation & catering	381	1,934
J: Information & communication	88	65
K: Financial & insurance	375	1
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	284	11
N: Administrative & support	366	93
O: Public administration & defence	787	195
P: Education	419	806
Q: Human health & social work	192	377
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	914	1,725
T: Activities of households	969	6,066
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	8,232	654
B: Mining & quarrying	8,844	12
C: Manufacturing	2,461	630
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	234	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	25	0
F: Construction	2,071	16
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,800	1,605
H: Transport & storage	3,183	207
I: Accommodation & catering	552	1,846
J: Information & communication	34	5
K: Financial & insurance	500	38
L: Real estate activities.	68	10
M: Professional, scientific & technical	274	57
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	1,769	86
P: Education	483	887
Q: Human health & social work	277	476
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	681	299
T: Activities of households	953	3,443
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,942	845
B: Mining & quarrying	4,675	22
C: Manufacturing	3,072	1,163
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	545	38
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	27	1
F: Construction	3,034	41
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,691	2,115
H: Transport & storage	3,401	408
I: Accommodation & catering	795	1,829
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	683	115
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	274	133
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	5,638	468
P: Education	788	1,009
Q: Human health & social work	358	784
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	895	618
T: Activities of households	340	1,132
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,890	176
B: Mining & quarrying	618	14
C: Manufacturing	4,861	851
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,047	35
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	143	7
F: Construction	3,540	43
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,753	1,498
H: Transport & storage	2,057	112
I: Accommodation & catering	1,466	939
J: Information & communication	180	56
K: Financial & insurance	592	126
L: Real estate activities.	89	32
M: Professional, scientific & technical	505	183
N: Administrative & support	34	14
O: Public administration & defence	1,898	491
P: Education	1,222	1,010
Q: Human health & social work	614	679
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	512	259
T: Activities of households	97	278
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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