Standard Industrial Classification (2007), by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	15,925	303
B: Mining & quarrying	43	0
C: Manufacturing	4,717	755
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	6	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	8	0
F: Construction	2,231	10
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,356	136
H: Transport & storage	1,062	13
I: Accommodation & catering	303	101
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	17	0
L: Real estate activities.	38	1
M: Professional, scientific & technical	119	0
N: Administrative & support	709	6
O: Public administration & defence	664	4
P: Education	146	251
Q: Human health & social work	142	103
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	239	264
T: Activities of households	1,492	6,343
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	15,484	2,064
B: Mining & quarrying	79	1
C: Manufacturing	5,332	2,132
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	42	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	20	2
F: Construction	3,227	11
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,911	495
H: Transport & storage	2,321	50
I: Accommodation & catering	691	709
J: Information & communication	24	3
K: Financial & insurance	36	0
L: Real estate activities.	315	344
M: Professional, scientific & technical	309	0
N: Administrative & support	288	12
O: Public administration & defence	964	23
P: Education	171	594
Q: Human health & social work	168	390
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	462	1,114
T: Activities of households	802	5,910
U: Extraterritorial bodies	4	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	15,020	230
B: Mining & quarrying	189	1
C: Manufacturing	7,022	2,723
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	126	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	31	1
F: Construction	7,021	27
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,710	735
H: Transport & storage	3,516	30
I: Accommodation & catering	937	1,081
J: Information & communication	122	46
K: Financial & insurance	161	4
L: Real estate activities.	120	2
M: Professional, scientific & technical	585	32
N: Administrative & support	579	52
O: Public administration & defence	1,431	60
P: Education	376	1,288
Q: Human health & social work	266	478
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	649	2,152
T: Activities of households	1,887	13,207
U: Extraterritorial bodies	11	1

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	15,867	545
B: Mining & quarrying	233	0
C: Manufacturing	9,486	5,187
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	653	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	182	0
F: Construction	9,087	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	9,263	2,466
H: Transport & storage	8,365	100
I: Accommodation & catering	1,794	3,251
J: Information & communication	332	284
K: Financial & insurance	810	12
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	878	89
N: Administrative & support	1,181	747
O: Public administration & defence	2,620	393
P: Education	836	2,353
Q: Human health & social work	748	2,492
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	3,509	7,787
T: Activities of households	5,706	21,383
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	12,356	573
B: Mining & quarrying	361	6
C: Manufacturing	9,583	2,349
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,307	32
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	422	16
F: Construction	10,127	106
G: Wholesale & retail trade	13,151	5,874
H: Transport & storage	8,069	631
I: Accommodation & catering	2,867	5,398
J: Information & communication	73	12
K: Financial & insurance	1,401	190
L: Real estate activities.	538	88
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,176	335
N: Administrative & support	4	27
O: Public administration & defence	5,351	389
P: Education	1,313	3,162
Q: Human health & social work	1,220	2,703
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,913	3,502
T: Activities of households	6,748	17,717
U: Extraterritorial bodies	4	1

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	12,343	1,425
B: Mining & quarrying	483	4
C: Manufacturing	8,027	2,434
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,925	158
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	371	18
F: Construction	11,193	251
G: Wholesale & retail trade	12,321	7,413
H: Transport & storage	7,064	829
I: Accommodation & catering	3,419	5,645
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	1,558	588
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,167	726
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	7,839	1,472
P: Education	1,578	3,148
Q: Human health & social work	2,113	3,930
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,827	3,256
T: Activities of households	3,057	6,963
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,374	793
B: Mining & quarrying	96	0
C: Manufacturing	15,891	5,900
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,922	233
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	432	29
F: Construction	12,872	540
G: Wholesale & retail trade	14,377	9,675
H: Transport & storage	6,249	992
I: Accommodation & catering	3,238	3,280
J: Information & communication	1,285	614
K: Financial & insurance	1,855	1,442
L: Real estate activities.	643	367
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,767	1,200
N: Administrative & support	257	274
O: Public administration & defence	6,573	4,059
P: Education	3,593	5,344
Q: Human health & social work	3,123	6,415
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,982	2,246
T: Activities of households	1,147	2,889
U: Extraterritorial bodies	14	5

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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