Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	7,797	336
B: Mining & quarrying	2,688	92
C: Manufacturing	18,513	7,158
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	5	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	24	17
F: Construction	2,324	10
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,339	184
H: Transport & storage	601	12
I: Accommodation & catering	335	100
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	7	0
L: Real estate activities.	30	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	85	0
N: Administrative & support	566	5
O: Public administration & defence	163	3
P: Education	159	146
Q: Human health & social work	97	37
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	163	102
T: Activities of households	952	3,961
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,057	1,755
B: Mining & quarrying	557	0
C: Manufacturing	3,618	2,851
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	5	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	32	3
F: Construction	950	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	642	171
H: Transport & storage	299	9
I: Accommodation & catering	98	150
J: Information & communication	6	0
K: Financial & insurance	5	0
L: Real estate activities.	126	140
M: Professional, scientific & technical	60	0
N: Administrative & support	46	15
O: Public administration & defence	66	2
P: Education	76	97
Q: Human health & social work	30	18
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	91	119
T: Activities of households	132	1,124
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,818	117
B: Mining & quarrying	378	1
C: Manufacturing	3,329	3,246
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	12	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	0
F: Construction	1,248	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	649	118
H: Transport & storage	655	5
I: Accommodation & catering	101	72
J: Information & communication	24	3
K: Financial & insurance	37	0
L: Real estate activities.	22	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	66	2
N: Administrative & support	118	1
O: Public administration & defence	119	12
P: Education	109	164
Q: Human health & social work	33	29
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	77	146
T: Activities of households	250	1,765
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,421	300
B: Mining & quarrying	4,237	1
C: Manufacturing	3,642	2,139
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	53	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	28	22
F: Construction	1,032	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	769	249
H: Transport & storage	1,059	14
I: Accommodation & catering	134	147
J: Information & communication	21	14
K: Financial & insurance	96	2
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	54	3
N: Administrative & support	238	37
O: Public administration & defence	158	41
P: Education	83	237
Q: Human health & social work	50	140
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	176	255
T: Activities of households	341	1,434
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,943	145
B: Mining & quarrying	868	1
C: Manufacturing	4,194	3,948
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	113	2
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	50	21
F: Construction	724	15
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,429	410
H: Transport & storage	1,631	67
I: Accommodation & catering	288	279
J: Information & communication	3	1
K: Financial & insurance	194	23
L: Real estate activities.	36	3
M: Professional, scientific & technical	120	40
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	688	53
P: Education	148	326
Q: Human health & social work	112	223
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	283	188
T: Activities of households	303	1,388
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,694	251
B: Mining & quarrying	417	6
C: Manufacturing	4,856	3,730
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	243	23
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	19	0
F: Construction	965	28
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,359	731
H: Transport & storage	1,506	111
I: Accommodation & catering	287	736
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	197	61
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	79	43
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	725	158
P: Education	198	407
Q: Human health & social work	164	293
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	248	139
T: Activities of households	153	459
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	354	42
B: Mining & quarrying	1,806	21
C: Manufacturing	3,631	893
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	151	8
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	18	1
F: Construction	887	27
G: Wholesale & retail trade	807	377
H: Transport & storage	446	30
I: Accommodation & catering	131	139
J: Information & communication	65	29
K: Financial & insurance	79	28
L: Real estate activities.	9	5
M: Professional, scientific & technical	55	27
N: Administrative & support	13	9
O: Public administration & defence	427	144
P: Education	210	321
Q: Human health & social work	107	141
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	117	85
T: Activities of households	16	70
U: Extraterritorial bodies	9	1

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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