Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	9,133	983
B: Mining & quarrying	46	0
C: Manufacturing	2,834	548
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	1,196	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	203	83
H: Transport & storage	364	12
I: Accommodation & catering	99	67
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	11	0
L: Real estate activities.	12	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	70	0
N: Administrative & support	480	51
O: Public administration & defence	138	2
P: Education	111	106
Q: Human health & social work	42	58
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	101	48
T: Activities of households	425	4,517
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	11,163	1,812
B: Mining & quarrying	110	0
C: Manufacturing	3,271	1,428
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	10	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	24	3
F: Construction	1,537	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	719	392
H: Transport & storage	1,132	21
I: Accommodation & catering	120	157
J: Information & communication	18	1
K: Financial & insurance	42	0
L: Real estate activities.	81	106
M: Professional, scientific & technical	127	0
N: Administrative & support	231	5
O: Public administration & defence	175	5
P: Education	168	163
Q: Human health & social work	50	77
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	142	209
T: Activities of households	224	3,680
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	10,707	3,014
B: Mining & quarrying	96	0
C: Manufacturing	3,505	1,142
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	21	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	8	1
F: Construction	1,712	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,125	371
H: Transport & storage	771	7
I: Accommodation & catering	76	121
J: Information & communication	63	5
K: Financial & insurance	108	0
L: Real estate activities.	15	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	188	1
N: Administrative & support	196	2
O: Public administration & defence	276	17
P: Education	143	248
Q: Human health & social work	58	86
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	159	186
T: Activities of households	399	2,704
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	11,268	884
B: Mining & quarrying	128	0
C: Manufacturing	3,845	1,756
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	35	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	38	1
F: Construction	1,563	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,497	544
H: Transport & storage	2,047	134
I: Accommodation & catering	146	160
J: Information & communication	41	19
K: Financial & insurance	250	4
L: Real estate activities.	38	1
M: Professional, scientific & technical	270	20
N: Administrative & support	219	210
O: Public administration & defence	235	13
P: Education	146	393
Q: Human health & social work	109	228
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	288	510
T: Activities of households	468	3,426
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	9,146	332
B: Mining & quarrying	45	0
C: Manufacturing	3,710	1,231
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	98	5
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	8	0
F: Construction	1,211	16
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,535	1,069
H: Transport & storage	1,572	183
I: Accommodation & catering	229	357
J: Information & communication	3	2
K: Financial & insurance	281	28
L: Real estate activities.	552	11
M: Professional, scientific & technical	167	146
N: Administrative & support	0	2
O: Public administration & defence	976	70
P: Education	161	537
Q: Human health & social work	121	322
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	327	227
T: Activities of households	442	2,715
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	7,132	410
B: Mining & quarrying	169	5
C: Manufacturing	3,429	813
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	200	54
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	7	0
F: Construction	2,568	63
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,319	1,630
H: Transport & storage	1,546	297
I: Accommodation & catering	311	645
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	262	87
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	142	180
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	4,547	317
P: Education	264	578
Q: Human health & social work	189	464
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	463	340
T: Activities of households	182	1,065
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,783	368
B: Mining & quarrying	28	0
C: Manufacturing	3,903	1,527
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	323	57
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	47	9
F: Construction	2,212	82
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,340	2,027
H: Transport & storage	943	224
I: Accommodation & catering	380	726
J: Information & communication	38	16
K: Financial & insurance	286	163
L: Real estate activities.	62	47
M: Professional, scientific & technical	144	248
N: Administrative & support	10	6
O: Public administration & defence	4,799	811
P: Education	427	1,045
Q: Human health & social work	261	827
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	271	279
T: Activities of households	110	584
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	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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