Standard Industrial Classification (2007), by sex

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Data for 1841 Sex
2011 Industrial Classification Male Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing 319 Show data context 18 Show data context
B: Mining & quarrying 105 Show data context 6 Show data context
C: Manufacturing 713 Show data context 422 Show data context
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
F: Construction 99 Show data context 0 Show data context
G: Wholesale & retail trade 37 Show data context 9 Show data context
H: Transport & storage 40 Show data context 3 Show data context
I: Accommodation & catering 15 Show data context 5 Show data context
J: Information & communication 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
K: Financial & insurance 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
L: Real estate activities. 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
M: Professional, scientific & technical 4 Show data context 0 Show data context
N: Administrative & support 26 Show data context 0 Show data context
O: Public administration & defence 11 Show data context 0 Show data context
P: Education 6 Show data context 6 Show data context
Q: Human health & social work 3 Show data context 2 Show data context
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services 6 Show data context 8 Show data context
T: Activities of households 49 Show data context 181 Show data context
U: Extraterritorial bodies 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Data for 1861 Sex
2011 Industrial Classification Male Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing 395 Show data context 128 Show data context
B: Mining & quarrying 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
C: Manufacturing 170 Show data context 146 Show data context
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt 2 Show data context 0 Show data context
F: Construction 73 Show data context 0 Show data context
G: Wholesale & retail trade 45 Show data context 19 Show data context
H: Transport & storage 86 Show data context 1 Show data context
I: Accommodation & catering 31 Show data context 67 Show data context
J: Information & communication 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
K: Financial & insurance 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
L: Real estate activities. 11 Show data context 11 Show data context
M: Professional, scientific & technical 7 Show data context 0 Show data context
N: Administrative & support 7 Show data context 0 Show data context
O: Public administration & defence 10 Show data context 0 Show data context
P: Education 10 Show data context 15 Show data context
Q: Human health & social work 4 Show data context 2 Show data context
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services 11 Show data context 22 Show data context
T: Activities of households 9 Show data context 134 Show data context
U: Extraterritorial bodies 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Data for 1881 Sex
2011 Industrial Classification Male Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing 485 Show data context 31 Show data context
B: Mining & quarrying 6 Show data context 0 Show data context
C: Manufacturing 605 Show data context 341 Show data context
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc 22 Show data context 0 Show data context
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt 7 Show data context 0 Show data context
F: Construction 821 Show data context 3 Show data context
G: Wholesale & retail trade 419 Show data context 117 Show data context
H: Transport & storage 325 Show data context 6 Show data context
I: Accommodation & catering 279 Show data context 697 Show data context
J: Information & communication 20 Show data context 7 Show data context
K: Financial & insurance 25 Show data context 0 Show data context
L: Real estate activities. 24 Show data context 0 Show data context
M: Professional, scientific & technical 83 Show data context 3 Show data context
N: Administrative & support 71 Show data context 4 Show data context
O: Public administration & defence 45 Show data context 8 Show data context
P: Education 47 Show data context 68 Show data context
Q: Human health & social work 25 Show data context 10 Show data context
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services 57 Show data context 108 Show data context
T: Activities of households 39 Show data context 874 Show data context
U: Extraterritorial bodies 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Data for 1911 Sex
2011 Industrial Classification Male Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing 628 Show data context 65 Show data context
B: Mining & quarrying 200 Show data context 5 Show data context
C: Manufacturing 3,392 Show data context 2,075 Show data context
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc 213 Show data context 0 Show data context
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt 127 Show data context 1 Show data context
F: Construction 2,721 Show data context 3 Show data context
G: Wholesale & retail trade 2,815 Show data context 1,327 Show data context
H: Transport & storage 2,169 Show data context 52 Show data context
I: Accommodation & catering 1,309 Show data context 3,838 Show data context
J: Information & communication 138 Show data context 69 Show data context
K: Financial & insurance 291 Show data context 2 Show data context
L: Real estate activities. 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
M: Professional, scientific & technical 215 Show data context 11 Show data context
N: Administrative & support 674 Show data context 114 Show data context
O: Public administration & defence 478 Show data context 44 Show data context
P: Education 104 Show data context 281 Show data context
Q: Human health & social work 131 Show data context 232 Show data context
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services 1,046 Show data context 1,445 Show data context
T: Activities of households 158 Show data context 2,047 Show data context
U: Extraterritorial bodies 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Data for 1931 Sex
2011 Industrial Classification Male Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing 1,016 Show data context 87 Show data context
B: Mining & quarrying 200 Show data context 3 Show data context
C: Manufacturing 4,805 Show data context 2,726 Show data context
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc 508 Show data context 9 Show data context
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt 166 Show data context 5 Show data context
F: Construction 3,147 Show data context 45 Show data context
G: Wholesale & retail trade 5,846 Show data context 3,091 Show data context
H: Transport & storage 2,985 Show data context 193 Show data context
I: Accommodation & catering 2,031 Show data context 5,551 Show data context
J: Information & communication 24 Show data context 11 Show data context
K: Financial & insurance 644 Show data context 109 Show data context
L: Real estate activities. 184 Show data context 44 Show data context
M: Professional, scientific & technical 670 Show data context 240 Show data context
N: Administrative & support 1 Show data context 5 Show data context
O: Public administration & defence 1,862 Show data context 159 Show data context
P: Education 233 Show data context 453 Show data context
Q: Human health & social work 253 Show data context 381 Show data context
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services 2,165 Show data context 1,192 Show data context
T: Activities of households 207 Show data context 2,581 Show data context
U: Extraterritorial bodies 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Data for 1951 Sex
2011 Industrial Classification Male Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing 939 Show data context 136 Show data context
B: Mining & quarrying 5 Show data context 1 Show data context
C: Manufacturing 5,996 Show data context 3,597 Show data context
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc 670 Show data context 37 Show data context
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt 191 Show data context 8 Show data context
F: Construction 4,198 Show data context 109 Show data context
G: Wholesale & retail trade 6,843 Show data context 4,603 Show data context
H: Transport & storage 3,895 Show data context 542 Show data context
I: Accommodation & catering 3,243 Show data context 6,502 Show data context
J: Information & communication 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
K: Financial & insurance 771 Show data context 305 Show data context
L: Real estate activities. 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
M: Professional, scientific & technical 674 Show data context 357 Show data context
N: Administrative & support 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
O: Public administration & defence 2,927 Show data context 989 Show data context
P: Education 504 Show data context 639 Show data context
Q: Human health & social work 436 Show data context 805 Show data context
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services 2,888 Show data context 2,080 Show data context
T: Activities of households 103 Show data context 1,091 Show data context
U: Extraterritorial bodies 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Data for 1971 Sex
2011 Industrial Classification Male Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing 271 Show data context 89 Show data context
B: Mining & quarrying 25 Show data context 0 Show data context
C: Manufacturing 8,081 Show data context 3,763 Show data context
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc 842 Show data context 147 Show data context
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt 157 Show data context 29 Show data context
F: Construction 3,957 Show data context 157 Show data context
G: Wholesale & retail trade 5,996 Show data context 6,034 Show data context
H: Transport & storage 3,056 Show data context 616 Show data context
I: Accommodation & catering 2,539 Show data context 4,032 Show data context
J: Information & communication 695 Show data context 557 Show data context
K: Financial & insurance 598 Show data context 802 Show data context
L: Real estate activities. 186 Show data context 166 Show data context
M: Professional, scientific & technical 666 Show data context 606 Show data context
N: Administrative & support 39 Show data context 88 Show data context
O: Public administration & defence 2,247 Show data context 1,342 Show data context
P: Education 757 Show data context 1,680 Show data context
Q: Human health & social work 756 Show data context 1,861 Show data context
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services 1,896 Show data context 1,945 Show data context
T: Activities of households 10 Show data context 245 Show data context
U: Extraterritorial bodies 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
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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This classification of industry is that used by the 2011 Census, and forms the basic for our standardisation of historical information on industrial structure. The modern data are a classification of workers by their employers' business and count them by their place of work. However, before 1951 they are counted by place of residence, and before 1921 workers have to be classified by their individual occupations. Here we break the numbers in each industry down by gender, but this is not possible with the 2011 dat...


a, only with the re-districted and re-classified historical statisics.


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Date accessed: 29th April 2024