Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,428	87
Textiles & clothing	4,670	2,215
Wood & paper	883	51
Chemicals	44	0
Low tech	1,455	19
High tech.	1,117	10
Other	808	24

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,713	141
Textiles & clothing	3,824	7,031
Wood & paper	954	78
Chemicals	154	14
Low tech	1,484	32
High tech.	828	7
Other	723	77

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,686	151
Textiles & clothing	2,831	6,248
Wood & paper	639	157
Chemicals	133	3
Low tech	1,539	15
High tech.	924	3
Other	1,639	397

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,058	513
Textiles & clothing	2,598	5,121
Wood & paper	892	185
Chemicals	170	13
Low tech	1,955	22
High tech.	1,989	7
Other	2,577	315

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,117	445
Textiles & clothing	2,082	2,433
Wood & paper	843	111
Chemicals	128	19
Low tech	1,868	86
High tech.	8,589	620
Other	2,923	586

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,358	760
Textiles & clothing	1,570	2,218
Wood & paper	695	145
Chemicals	1,891	381
Low tech	3,653	488
High tech.	20,440	2,435
Other	2,997	1,097

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,650	795
Textiles & clothing	912	792
Wood & paper	2,139	401
Chemicals	903	242
Low tech	4,360	565
High tech.	30,735	4,255
Other	1,960	812

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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