Standard Industrial Classification (2007), by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	27,002	2,622
B: Mining & quarrying	6,485	144
C: Manufacturing	33,134	14,014
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	16	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	28	13
F: Construction	7,317	24
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,476	1,008
H: Transport & storage	2,469	80
I: Accommodation & catering	1,153	579
J: Information & communication	3	0
K: Financial & insurance	54	4
L: Real estate activities.	96	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	343	0
N: Administrative & support	1,539	26
O: Public administration & defence	878	16
P: Education	620	562
Q: Human health & social work	323	119
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	611	507
T: Activities of households	5,592	15,723
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	27,360	11,917
B: Mining & quarrying	8,245	4
C: Manufacturing	18,344	9,351
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	66	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	49	21
F: Construction	8,935	12
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,660	1,630
H: Transport & storage	3,756	182
I: Accommodation & catering	1,121	1,814
J: Information & communication	72	8
K: Financial & insurance	59	8
L: Real estate activities.	1,273	1,529
M: Professional, scientific & technical	502	2
N: Administrative & support	459	108
O: Public administration & defence	767	31
P: Education	534	773
Q: Human health & social work	232	192
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	749	1,241
T: Activities of households	776	10,323
U: Extraterritorial bodies	4	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	23,728	1,829
B: Mining & quarrying	14,956	143
C: Manufacturing	27,770	11,115
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	174	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	62	8
F: Construction	11,162	37
G: Wholesale & retail trade	5,357	1,449
H: Transport & storage	7,119	90
I: Accommodation & catering	1,136	1,143
J: Information & communication	207	40
K: Financial & insurance	386	17
L: Real estate activities.	170	1
M: Professional, scientific & technical	980	20
N: Administrative & support	1,464	47
O: Public administration & defence	1,485	125
P: Education	797	1,462
Q: Human health & social work	284	377
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	916	1,898
T: Activities of households	2,165	19,691
U: Extraterritorial bodies	3	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	24,591	4,879
B: Mining & quarrying	18,614	384
C: Manufacturing	41,560	18,409
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	779	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	166	0
F: Construction	10,422	7
G: Wholesale & retail trade	9,969	3,831
H: Transport & storage	14,468	188
I: Accommodation & catering	1,556	3,082
J: Information & communication	329	258
K: Financial & insurance	1,252	19
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	929	41
N: Administrative & support	2,400	671
O: Public administration & defence	2,959	566
P: Education	941	2,723
Q: Human health & social work	567	1,177
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,110	4,286
T: Activities of households	3,012	15,721
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	21,708	1,770
B: Mining & quarrying	14,635	277
C: Manufacturing	34,247	9,962
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,100	30
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	705	17
F: Construction	6,867	94
G: Wholesale & retail trade	13,687	6,427
H: Transport & storage	13,260	676
I: Accommodation & catering	2,073	4,433
J: Information & communication	38	9
K: Financial & insurance	1,695	331
L: Real estate activities.	435	47
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,030	301
N: Administrative & support	1	7
O: Public administration & defence	5,968	429
P: Education	1,179	3,163
Q: Human health & social work	876	1,691
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,471	1,951
T: Activities of households	3,025	13,178
U: Extraterritorial bodies	7	1

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	19,813	2,629
B: Mining & quarrying	9,667	267
C: Manufacturing	46,737	16,468
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,818	254
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	263	3
F: Construction	14,141	312
G: Wholesale & retail trade	14,061	9,643
H: Transport & storage	14,159	1,515
I: Accommodation & catering	2,551	7,098
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	2,001	799
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,053	594
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	12,408	1,938
P: Education	1,781	3,251
Q: Human health & social work	1,233	3,050
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	3,047	2,571
T: Activities of households	1,076	3,841
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	10,888	1,253
B: Mining & quarrying	3,865	92
C: Manufacturing	54,132	14,887
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,211	295
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	391	1
F: Construction	13,412	443
G: Wholesale & retail trade	13,732	9,801
H: Transport & storage	10,226	1,244
I: Accommodation & catering	3,121	4,002
J: Information & communication	953	387
K: Financial & insurance	1,781	1,311
L: Real estate activities.	274	98
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,716	748
N: Administrative & support	221	137
O: Public administration & defence	9,723	3,508
P: Education	3,294	5,965
Q: Human health & social work	2,119	4,111
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,877	2,104
T: Activities of households	216	994
U: Extraterritorial bodies	38	2

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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