Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,391	109
B: Mining & quarrying	6	0
C: Manufacturing	2,701	997
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	0
F: Construction	780	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	532	55
H: Transport & storage	191	8
I: Accommodation & catering	160	39
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	5	0
L: Real estate activities.	8	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	28	0
N: Administrative & support	211	3
O: Public administration & defence	242	2
P: Education	57	77
Q: Human health & social work	38	35
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	92	55
T: Activities of households	556	1,840
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,145	872
B: Mining & quarrying	26	0
C: Manufacturing	2,781	1,932
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	9	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	5	1
F: Construction	893	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	582	221
H: Transport & storage	506	26
I: Accommodation & catering	172	195
J: Information & communication	7	0
K: Financial & insurance	6	0
L: Real estate activities.	99	106
M: Professional, scientific & technical	58	0
N: Administrative & support	41	6
O: Public administration & defence	540	3
P: Education	60	206
Q: Human health & social work	36	73
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	155	287
T: Activities of households	330	1,320
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,253	73
B: Mining & quarrying	62	0
C: Manufacturing	1,896	812
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	7	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	0
F: Construction	1,118	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	387	110
H: Transport & storage	332	14
I: Accommodation & catering	135	48
J: Information & communication	7	4
K: Financial & insurance	6	0
L: Real estate activities.	11	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	42	0
N: Administrative & support	65	3
O: Public administration & defence	479	22
P: Education	54	194
Q: Human health & social work	21	46
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	92	320
T: Activities of households	477	1,786
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,869	123
B: Mining & quarrying	501	1
C: Manufacturing	2,913	1,286
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	33	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	6	0
F: Construction	798	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	544	189
H: Transport & storage	880	17
I: Accommodation & catering	137	105
J: Information & communication	15	5
K: Financial & insurance	38	0
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	27	1
N: Administrative & support	87	31
O: Public administration & defence	206	54
P: Education	73	217
Q: Human health & social work	39	89
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	162	263
T: Activities of households	742	1,424
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,970	93
B: Mining & quarrying	179	0
C: Manufacturing	1,998	828
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	91	4
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	34	2
F: Construction	844	7
G: Wholesale & retail trade	848	285
H: Transport & storage	1,235	72
I: Accommodation & catering	225	133
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	60	9
L: Real estate activities.	19	2
M: Professional, scientific & technical	57	17
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	925	32
P: Education	99	253
Q: Human health & social work	74	138
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	269	111
T: Activities of households	864	1,379
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,937	260
B: Mining & quarrying	126	1
C: Manufacturing	1,338	583
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	115	5
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	40	1
F: Construction	1,033	25
G: Wholesale & retail trade	604	300
H: Transport & storage	943	88
I: Accommodation & catering	180	186
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	102	9
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	46	23
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,159	74
P: Education	147	262
Q: Human health & social work	93	258
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	245	95
T: Activities of households	314	462
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	678	71
B: Mining & quarrying	41	2
C: Manufacturing	5,993	1,713
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	83	12
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	34	2
F: Construction	1,309	34
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,279	562
H: Transport & storage	703	87
I: Accommodation & catering	154	163
J: Information & communication	138	54
K: Financial & insurance	102	58
L: Real estate activities.	20	10
M: Professional, scientific & technical	136	56
N: Administrative & support	43	28
O: Public administration & defence	592	175
P: Education	287	366
Q: Human health & social work	128	198
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	164	104
T: Activities of households	53	117
U: Extraterritorial bodies	89	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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