Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	410	27
Textiles & clothing	1,379	996
Wood & paper	262	14
Chemicals	62	3
Low tech	414	5
High tech.	367	4
Other	521	44

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	721	87
Textiles & clothing	2,002	3,273
Wood & paper	338	7
Chemicals	257	13
Low tech	878	12
High tech.	560	4
Other	931	142

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,098	159
Textiles & clothing	2,701	5,611
Wood & paper	577	118
Chemicals	446	16
Low tech	1,543	39
High tech.	1,143	15
Other	2,714	664

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,054	417
Textiles & clothing	2,262	6,575
Wood & paper	436	77
Chemicals	417	43
Low tech	1,266	95
High tech.	2,457	100
Other	2,029	440

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,493	1,263
Textiles & clothing	1,938	3,832
Wood & paper	437	222
Chemicals	514	317
Low tech	1,255	413
High tech.	4,054	875
Other	2,544	861

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,273	708
Textiles & clothing	842	1,962
Wood & paper	290	96
Chemicals	756	579
Low tech	961	335
High tech.	3,574	1,194
Other	2,754	1,231

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	180	140
Textiles & clothing	400	640
Wood & paper	200	60
Chemicals	440	380
Low tech	340	150
High tech.	970	430
Other	610	270

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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