Standard Industrial Classification (2007), by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	50,102	2,414
B: Mining & quarrying	1,998	46
C: Manufacturing	21,831	9,964
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	17	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	28	28
F: Construction	11,244	46
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,913	1,011
H: Transport & storage	3,605	58
I: Accommodation & catering	1,196	345
J: Information & communication	6	1
K: Financial & insurance	68	3
L: Real estate activities.	152	1
M: Professional, scientific & technical	698	2
N: Administrative & support	2,166	28
O: Public administration & defence	1,509	39
P: Education	570	959
Q: Human health & social work	505	526
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	763	1,315
T: Activities of households	11,943	24,894
U: Extraterritorial bodies	9	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	47,008	13,037
B: Mining & quarrying	3,751	1
C: Manufacturing	21,526	19,765
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	84	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	33	31
F: Construction	11,939	9
G: Wholesale & retail trade	5,182	2,797
H: Transport & storage	5,006	239
I: Accommodation & catering	1,624	2,096
J: Information & communication	96	15
K: Financial & insurance	117	7
L: Real estate activities.	1,129	1,410
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,013	0
N: Administrative & support	647	145
O: Public administration & defence	2,275	53
P: Education	587	1,859
Q: Human health & social work	503	895
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,390	4,248
T: Activities of households	1,879	17,158
U: Extraterritorial bodies	43	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	36,884	1,297
B: Mining & quarrying	1,994	32
C: Manufacturing	18,105	14,610
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	104	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	31	2
F: Construction	12,009	24
G: Wholesale & retail trade	4,985	2,360
H: Transport & storage	5,909	75
I: Accommodation & catering	1,329	1,074
J: Information & communication	160	61
K: Financial & insurance	382	12
L: Real estate activities.	151	1
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,078	33
N: Administrative & support	955	32
O: Public administration & defence	3,391	178
P: Education	890	2,220
Q: Human health & social work	453	869
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,152	4,644
T: Activities of households	2,885	23,518
U: Extraterritorial bodies	11	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	39,879	4,950
B: Mining & quarrying	2,278	2
C: Manufacturing	20,084	14,280
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	525	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	99	0
F: Construction	13,568	8
G: Wholesale & retail trade	10,114	5,231
H: Transport & storage	12,428	147
I: Accommodation & catering	2,173	4,041
J: Information & communication	357	382
K: Financial & insurance	1,243	12
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	989	55
N: Administrative & support	1,398	569
O: Public administration & defence	10,077	707
P: Education	991	3,022
Q: Human health & social work	836	2,332
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	3,042	8,011
T: Activities of households	5,950	27,668
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	34,158	1,713
B: Mining & quarrying	2,021	19
C: Manufacturing	19,990	5,843
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,408	49
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	161	28
F: Construction	13,191	83
G: Wholesale & retail trade	16,240	7,140
H: Transport & storage	13,209	941
I: Accommodation & catering	3,705	5,735
J: Information & communication	76	6
K: Financial & insurance	1,785	245
L: Real estate activities.	528	65
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,497	449
N: Administrative & support	2	9
O: Public administration & defence	9,346	368
P: Education	1,294	2,963
Q: Human health & social work	1,382	2,406
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	3,100	2,713
T: Activities of households	6,971	19,418
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	33,174	3,746
B: Mining & quarrying	2,309	36
C: Manufacturing	20,019	6,818
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,698	308
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	267	10
F: Construction	15,712	283
G: Wholesale & retail trade	18,782	10,527
H: Transport & storage	13,232	1,677
I: Accommodation & catering	4,231	6,858
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	2,419	846
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,644	855
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	15,315	1,744
P: Education	2,182	3,690
Q: Human health & social work	2,392	4,423
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	3,579	3,092
T: Activities of households	2,823	7,495
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	19,239	2,207
B: Mining & quarrying	2,116	96
C: Manufacturing	23,972	5,466
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,402	230
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	523	25
F: Construction	19,016	606
G: Wholesale & retail trade	21,991	10,161
H: Transport & storage	10,034	1,143
I: Accommodation & catering	4,591	3,646
J: Information & communication	1,409	576
K: Financial & insurance	2,288	1,502
L: Real estate activities.	1,026	278
M: Professional, scientific & technical	2,180	1,221
N: Administrative & support	223	287
O: Public administration & defence	14,098	3,473
P: Education	4,968	5,442
Q: Human health & social work	3,521	5,014
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,729	1,788
T: Activities of households	963	2,368
U: Extraterritorial bodies	22	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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