Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	8	3
Textiles & clothing	562	406
Wood & paper	13	2
Chemicals	4	0
Low tech	67	2
High tech.	38	0
Other	21	9

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	8	6
Textiles & clothing	102	137
Wood & paper	7	0
Chemicals	3	0
Low tech	27	1
High tech.	18	0
Other	5	1

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	78	50
Textiles & clothing	184	256
Wood & paper	19	13
Chemicals	27	1
Low tech	108	8
High tech.	65	0
Other	123	14

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	450	443
Textiles & clothing	873	1,506
Wood & paper	105	14
Chemicals	160	13
Low tech	491	11
High tech.	623	8
Other	689	81

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,076	1,182
Textiles & clothing	867	1,199
Wood & paper	389	22
Chemicals	174	37
Low tech	416	13
High tech.	1,025	61
Other	858	211

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,876	1,506
Textiles & clothing	302	979
Wood & paper	466	64
Chemicals	103	27
Low tech	524	130
High tech.	1,692	223
Other	1,034	669

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,743	1,924
Textiles & clothing	221	474
Wood & paper	378	50
Chemicals	449	297
Low tech	1,324	324
High tech.	3,241	389
Other	725	303

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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