Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	53	3
Textiles & clothing	729	292
Wood & paper	22	1
Chemicals	1	0
Low tech	82	2
High tech.	53	1
Other	12	3

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	64	7
Textiles & clothing	1,401	1,681
Wood & paper	21	0
Chemicals	6	0
Low tech	75	1
High tech.	61	0
Other	11	1

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	44	5
Textiles & clothing	777	868
Wood & paper	5	0
Chemicals	17	2
Low tech	150	1
High tech.	44	2
Other	59	4

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	97	22
Textiles & clothing	1,021	1,265
Wood & paper	19	5
Chemicals	14	1
Low tech	233	2
High tech.	128	1
Other	101	4

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	146	48
Textiles & clothing	2,516	2,760
Wood & paper	98	59
Chemicals	88	47
Low tech	729	16
High tech.	429	29
Other	223	62

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	93	85
Textiles & clothing	800	1,347
Wood & paper	61	25
Chemicals	45	19
Low tech	1,128	47
High tech.	1,225	240
Other	80	31

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	620	234
Textiles & clothing	2,046	2,094
Wood & paper	393	89
Chemicals	565	215
Low tech	1,432	156
High tech.	3,942	449
Other	209	98

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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