Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	220	15
Textiles & clothing	1,068	354
Wood & paper	75	5
Chemicals	5	0
Low tech	408	5
High tech.	279	2
Other	81	14

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	288	17
Textiles & clothing	935	903
Wood & paper	63	1
Chemicals	54	5
Low tech	515	3
High tech.	343	0
Other	64	3

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	259	16
Textiles & clothing	698	713
Wood & paper	36	1
Chemicals	61	6
Low tech	994	5
High tech.	335	4
Other	305	42

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	466	111
Textiles & clothing	490	682
Wood & paper	206	10
Chemicals	191	7
Low tech	1,699	7
High tech.	1,756	23
Other	473	28

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	703	145
Textiles & clothing	281	225
Wood & paper	219	12
Chemicals	249	12
Low tech	7,815	156
High tech.	943	229
Other	206	34

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	636	342
Textiles & clothing	130	519
Wood & paper	201	8
Chemicals	1,262	84
Low tech	15,335	1,100
High tech.	1,689	286
Other	193	50

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	716	470
Textiles & clothing	250	935
Wood & paper	339	25
Chemicals	1,770	110
Low tech	18,943	1,813
High tech.	2,463	253
Other	134	82

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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