Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	23,400	826
B: Mining & quarrying	7,249	59
C: Manufacturing	30,505	6,865
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	13	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	47	7
F: Construction	3,966	20
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,055	417
H: Transport & storage	1,460	61
I: Accommodation & catering	973	237
J: Information & communication	5	0
K: Financial & insurance	41	3
L: Real estate activities.	86	1
M: Professional, scientific & technical	264	3
N: Administrative & support	1,751	20
O: Public administration & defence	391	16
P: Education	331	483
Q: Human health & social work	272	91
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	415	418
T: Activities of households	2,728	12,800
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	22,697	6,591
B: Mining & quarrying	12,252	2
C: Manufacturing	34,972	13,455
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	78	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	80	23
F: Construction	6,304	9
G: Wholesale & retail trade	4,931	1,627
H: Transport & storage	3,950	477
I: Accommodation & catering	1,593	1,580
J: Information & communication	58	15
K: Financial & insurance	107	17
L: Real estate activities.	526	517
M: Professional, scientific & technical	563	0
N: Administrative & support	662	23
O: Public administration & defence	784	40
P: Education	343	1,070
Q: Human health & social work	286	218
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	799	2,062
T: Activities of households	1,236	8,383
U: Extraterritorial bodies	4	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	17,500	888
B: Mining & quarrying	17,366	112
C: Manufacturing	33,958	16,027
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	178	2
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	66	9
F: Construction	8,806	52
G: Wholesale & retail trade	4,996	1,180
H: Transport & storage	5,009	201
I: Accommodation & catering	1,203	690
J: Information & communication	126	28
K: Financial & insurance	350	15
L: Real estate activities.	156	2
M: Professional, scientific & technical	733	10
N: Administrative & support	2,128	43
O: Public administration & defence	2,000	101
P: Education	668	1,650
Q: Human health & social work	315	420
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	811	1,981
T: Activities of households	2,224	15,195
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	17,692	1,767
B: Mining & quarrying	24,193	15
C: Manufacturing	47,953	14,651
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	615	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	175	0
F: Construction	8,646	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	7,290	3,232
H: Transport & storage	11,208	153
I: Accommodation & catering	1,615	1,508
J: Information & communication	170	126
K: Financial & insurance	968	11
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	553	14
N: Administrative & support	3,322	560
O: Public administration & defence	3,103	434
P: Education	821	2,109
Q: Human health & social work	455	1,015
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,423	2,434
T: Activities of households	3,424	12,972
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	16,830	1,037
B: Mining & quarrying	31,329	125
C: Manufacturing	40,550	20,908
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,143	32
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	390	3
F: Construction	8,075	123
G: Wholesale & retail trade	12,576	5,664
H: Transport & storage	9,214	699
I: Accommodation & catering	1,802	1,796
J: Information & communication	25	7
K: Financial & insurance	1,473	246
L: Real estate activities.	303	41
M: Professional, scientific & technical	951	258
N: Administrative & support	1	8
O: Public administration & defence	6,533	494
P: Education	1,234	2,770
Q: Human health & social work	970	1,876
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,202	1,439
T: Activities of households	2,805	11,342
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	16,454	2,023
B: Mining & quarrying	26,945	399
C: Manufacturing	53,614	26,508
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,359	227
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	488	6
F: Construction	11,938	260
G: Wholesale & retail trade	12,425	8,860
H: Transport & storage	8,922	1,212
I: Accommodation & catering	1,909	4,982
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	1,374	505
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	764	498
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	20,221	2,934
P: Education	2,042	3,304
Q: Human health & social work	1,777	3,244
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,542	2,009
T: Activities of households	1,100	3,643
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	8,591	1,132
B: Mining & quarrying	11,839	758
C: Manufacturing	76,021	25,380
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	3,362	348
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	413	42
F: Construction	18,075	847
G: Wholesale & retail trade	18,472	13,404
H: Transport & storage	8,184	1,124
I: Accommodation & catering	1,964	3,354
J: Information & communication	914	561
K: Financial & insurance	1,630	1,257
L: Real estate activities.	295	125
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,379	904
N: Administrative & support	531	365
O: Public administration & defence	10,978	4,877
P: Education	5,203	8,976
Q: Human health & social work	2,660	4,652
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,258	2,689
T: Activities of households	394	1,293
U: Extraterritorial bodies	50	5

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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