Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	886	65
B: Mining & quarrying	3	0
C: Manufacturing	17,924	4,534
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	36	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	62	3
F: Construction	3,864	23
G: Wholesale & retail trade	4,450	849
H: Transport & storage	3,026	17
I: Accommodation & catering	491	136
J: Information & communication	40	3
K: Financial & insurance	205	3
L: Real estate activities.	89	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	734	11
N: Administrative & support	3,807	25
O: Public administration & defence	807	15
P: Education	280	573
Q: Human health & social work	462	454
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	734	1,457
T: Activities of households	1,860	11,089
U: Extraterritorial bodies	24	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,433	65
B: Mining & quarrying	82	0
C: Manufacturing	25,815	12,689
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	215	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	134	10
F: Construction	7,328	13
G: Wholesale & retail trade	6,710	1,513
H: Transport & storage	6,776	62
I: Accommodation & catering	1,459	886
J: Information & communication	876	508
K: Financial & insurance	515	5
L: Real estate activities.	528	631
M: Professional, scientific & technical	2,075	3
N: Administrative & support	3,791	53
O: Public administration & defence	1,413	47
P: Education	305	1,181
Q: Human health & social work	425	761
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,407	3,747
T: Activities of households	393	10,682
U: Extraterritorial bodies	18	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,799	162
B: Mining & quarrying	140	4
C: Manufacturing	35,275	19,913
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	238	3
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	205	12
F: Construction	11,686	64
G: Wholesale & retail trade	9,101	1,731
H: Transport & storage	13,064	121
I: Accommodation & catering	2,530	1,007
J: Information & communication	817	137
K: Financial & insurance	1,131	23
L: Real estate activities.	242	3
M: Professional, scientific & technical	2,692	67
N: Administrative & support	8,344	319
O: Public administration & defence	2,828	188
P: Education	547	1,739
Q: Human health & social work	661	1,189
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,713	5,670
T: Activities of households	866	16,123
U: Extraterritorial bodies	6	3

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	450	10
B: Mining & quarrying	112	5
C: Manufacturing	40,304	31,025
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	594	5
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	351	8
F: Construction	11,964	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	16,052	4,326
H: Transport & storage	25,375	582
I: Accommodation & catering	4,106	3,253
J: Information & communication	1,360	480
K: Financial & insurance	2,131	175
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,642	214
N: Administrative & support	9,394	3,662
O: Public administration & defence	5,871	1,146
P: Education	631	1,491
Q: Human health & social work	627	1,539
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	4,434	9,743
T: Activities of households	555	9,460
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	221	12
B: Mining & quarrying	39	12
C: Manufacturing	38,658	32,314
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,191	40
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	349	135
F: Construction	9,361	122
G: Wholesale & retail trade	21,835	9,416
H: Transport & storage	18,164	1,727
I: Accommodation & catering	5,435	6,245
J: Information & communication	790	369
K: Financial & insurance	2,195	1,450
L: Real estate activities.	699	504
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,893	963
N: Administrative & support	6	20
O: Public administration & defence	5,232	1,188
P: Education	704	1,516
Q: Human health & social work	973	2,085
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	4,611	4,784
T: Activities of households	332	5,166
U: Extraterritorial bodies	10	16

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	27	6
B: Mining & quarrying	38	2
C: Manufacturing	43,386	29,157
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,296	115
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1,123	229
F: Construction	10,083	497
G: Wholesale & retail trade	15,363	8,120
H: Transport & storage	15,697	2,319
I: Accommodation & catering	1,936	4,387
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	2,672	3,174
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,510	686
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	5,871	1,637
P: Education	1,069	1,427
Q: Human health & social work	1,077	2,810
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	3,518	3,625
T: Activities of households	52	895
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	60	20
B: Mining & quarrying	110	10
C: Manufacturing	24,100	13,770
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	710	70
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	910	230
F: Construction	8,050	430
G: Wholesale & retail trade	13,430	7,830
H: Transport & storage	16,090	2,470
I: Accommodation & catering	2,290	1,610
J: Information & communication	6,150	1,950
K: Financial & insurance	3,010	2,170
L: Real estate activities.	290	190
M: Professional, scientific & technical	2,820	1,460
N: Administrative & support	940	1,360
O: Public administration & defence	5,360	3,530
P: Education	2,070	3,740
Q: Human health & social work	1,260	3,420
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,790	1,760
T: Activities of households	10	280
U: Extraterritorial bodies	10	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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