Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	4,570	469	3,423	1,264	3,610	340	330
1861	6,828	1,082	6,287	2,731	6,711	1,088	1,007
1881	4,180	1,865	4,362	1,848	4,101	256	573
1911	5,511	1,834	6,902	3,842	8,254	813	1,561
1931	3,705	1,588	11,045	4,811	7,937	571	2,436
1951	3,641	671	27,125	6,858	7,505	479	3,996
1971	3,625	316	27,040	7,785	8,711	2,733	7,885
1991	1,650	230	29,011	13,834	21,150	11,340	15,117
2011	795	245	13,559	22,384	32,427	31,186	41,402

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'
1881 - 2011	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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