Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,072	55
B: Mining & quarrying	2	0
C: Manufacturing	626	118
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	0
F: Construction	248	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	198	31
H: Transport & storage	133	1
I: Accommodation & catering	60	14
J: Information & communication	0	1
K: Financial & insurance	5	0
L: Real estate activities.	12	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	30	0
N: Administrative & support	194	6
O: Public administration & defence	87	1
P: Education	21	50
Q: Human health & social work	25	23
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	28	69
T: Activities of households	316	845
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,425	135
B: Mining & quarrying	6	0
C: Manufacturing	1,522	560
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	13	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	15	0
F: Construction	643	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	518	117
H: Transport & storage	362	5
I: Accommodation & catering	142	125
J: Information & communication	17	1
K: Financial & insurance	48	1
L: Real estate activities.	79	66
M: Professional, scientific & technical	135	0
N: Administrative & support	197	5
O: Public administration & defence	203	12
P: Education	54	144
Q: Human health & social work	44	51
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	87	420
T: Activities of households	275	1,380
U: Extraterritorial bodies	6	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,711	51
B: Mining & quarrying	9	0
C: Manufacturing	2,597	918
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	29	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	25	0
F: Construction	1,560	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	752	115
H: Transport & storage	794	2
I: Accommodation & catering	207	87
J: Information & communication	23	0
K: Financial & insurance	85	0
L: Real estate activities.	31	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	176	5
N: Administrative & support	424	6
O: Public administration & defence	308	14
P: Education	74	224
Q: Human health & social work	56	95
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	95	478
T: Activities of households	344	2,190
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,892	154
B: Mining & quarrying	101	0
C: Manufacturing	13,704	6,423
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	635	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	122	0
F: Construction	5,980	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	5,068	1,368
H: Transport & storage	5,527	81
I: Accommodation & catering	754	546
J: Information & communication	299	128
K: Financial & insurance	711	30
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	495	79
N: Administrative & support	2,249	798
O: Public administration & defence	1,738	415
P: Education	349	757
Q: Human health & social work	180	574
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,065	1,850
T: Activities of households	697	5,229
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,304	338
B: Mining & quarrying	98	7
C: Manufacturing	19,964	10,177
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,865	81
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	277	8
F: Construction	6,425	68
G: Wholesale & retail trade	10,601	3,808
H: Transport & storage	6,888	986
I: Accommodation & catering	884	728
J: Information & communication	309	89
K: Financial & insurance	3,023	1,030
L: Real estate activities.	372	66
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,240	369
N: Administrative & support	2	7
O: Public administration & defence	3,317	420
P: Education	910	1,488
Q: Human health & social work	654	1,211
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,570	1,448
T: Activities of households	684	5,165
U: Extraterritorial bodies	5	5

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	881	193
B: Mining & quarrying	17	0
C: Manufacturing	34,120	18,831
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,056	369
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	153	2
F: Construction	5,566	147
G: Wholesale & retail trade	8,026	4,925
H: Transport & storage	5,361	595
I: Accommodation & catering	695	2,471
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	929	293
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	410	225
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	3,327	832
P: Education	992	1,548
Q: Human health & social work	1,295	2,604
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,783	2,152
T: Activities of households	267	1,899
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	290	140
B: Mining & quarrying	0	0
C: Manufacturing	32,090	16,400
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,720	740
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	70	0
F: Construction	5,890	310
G: Wholesale & retail trade	8,140	6,870
H: Transport & storage	4,980	950
I: Accommodation & catering	770	780
J: Information & communication	1,050	670
K: Financial & insurance	1,620	1,490
L: Real estate activities.	230	260
M: Professional, scientific & technical	780	580
N: Administrative & support	140	800
O: Public administration & defence	3,490	2,130
P: Education	1,720	3,960
Q: Human health & social work	1,010	3,290
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,350	2,040
T: Activities of households	100	490
U: Extraterritorial bodies	20	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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