Data for 1971	Sex
Standard Industrial Classification (1968)	Male	Female
Agriculture	210	20
Mining	40	10
Food	980	200
Coal & petroleum products	0	10
Chemicals	1,020	490
Metal Manufacture	11,390	2,380
Mechanical Engineering	11,420	2,420
Instrument Engineering	70	10
Electrical engineering	2,590	2,280
Shipbuilding	60	30
Vehicles	7,250	1,410
Other Metals	11,870	5,790
Textiles	390	160
Leather	0	20
Clothing & Footwear	220	690
Bricks etc	190	40
Timber, Furniture	1,020	240
Paper, Printing	1,040	740
Other Manufacturing	4,980	660
Construction	7,460	830
Gas, Electricity, Water	810	90
Transport	4,670	950
Distributive Trades	7,010	8,830
Finance	1,680	2,530
Professionals	4,450	9,020
Miscellaneous Services	4,620	6,070
Public Administration & Defence	2,580	1,360

Date:	Source:
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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