Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	7,424	275
B: Mining & quarrying	5	0
C: Manufacturing	2,029	506
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	804	7
G: Wholesale & retail trade	560	71
H: Transport & storage	457	6
I: Accommodation & catering	138	33
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	9	0
L: Real estate activities.	11	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	58	0
N: Administrative & support	381	4
O: Public administration & defence	174	3
P: Education	58	116
Q: Human health & social work	52	48
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	110	96
T: Activities of households	718	2,201
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	8,505	776
B: Mining & quarrying	6	0
C: Manufacturing	3,308	5,419
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	11	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	6	1
F: Construction	1,172	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	802	259
H: Transport & storage	348	12
I: Accommodation & catering	235	238
J: Information & communication	8	2
K: Financial & insurance	7	0
L: Real estate activities.	81	106
M: Professional, scientific & technical	72	0
N: Administrative & support	69	2
O: Public administration & defence	120	6
P: Education	60	230
Q: Human health & social work	41	82
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	171	475
T: Activities of households	337	1,579
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,734	88
B: Mining & quarrying	6	0
C: Manufacturing	2,514	4,315
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	22	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	1
F: Construction	1,059	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	635	151
H: Transport & storage	437	6
I: Accommodation & catering	176	70
J: Information & communication	9	2
K: Financial & insurance	22	0
L: Real estate activities.	12	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	76	0
N: Administrative & support	102	6
O: Public administration & defence	167	30
P: Education	67	315
Q: Human health & social work	24	69
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	130	422
T: Activities of households	333	2,162
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,644	134
B: Mining & quarrying	50	0
C: Manufacturing	2,722	1,051
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	125	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	26	0
F: Construction	1,376	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,240	352
H: Transport & storage	2,018	18
I: Accommodation & catering	269	250
J: Information & communication	43	21
K: Financial & insurance	184	8
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	113	10
N: Administrative & support	463	104
O: Public administration & defence	994	115
P: Education	115	317
Q: Human health & social work	83	205
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	348	509
T: Activities of households	783	2,448
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,962	121
B: Mining & quarrying	41	1
C: Manufacturing	5,727	2,111
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	174	9
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	53	1
F: Construction	1,363	8
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,891	566
H: Transport & storage	775	71
I: Accommodation & catering	321	294
J: Information & communication	15	6
K: Financial & insurance	183	31
L: Real estate activities.	30	3
M: Professional, scientific & technical	164	40
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	609	57
P: Education	138	317
Q: Human health & social work	135	258
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	332	275
T: Activities of households	668	1,768
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,961	371
B: Mining & quarrying	58	0
C: Manufacturing	6,845	2,250
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	278	33
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	11	0
F: Construction	1,839	24
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,053	1,059
H: Transport & storage	946	176
I: Accommodation & catering	294	552
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	157	44
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	150	89
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,142	149
P: Education	194	367
Q: Human health & social work	385	545
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	352	314
T: Activities of households	298	748
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,893	202
B: Mining & quarrying	81	2
C: Manufacturing	4,896	1,127
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	262	18
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	76	2
F: Construction	2,628	86
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,427	910
H: Transport & storage	1,284	117
I: Accommodation & catering	311	212
J: Information & communication	242	92
K: Financial & insurance	196	77
L: Real estate activities.	67	37
M: Professional, scientific & technical	421	114
N: Administrative & support	45	39
O: Public administration & defence	941	335
P: Education	385	596
Q: Human health & social work	285	420
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	310	235
T: Activities of households	120	241
U: Extraterritorial bodies	68	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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