Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	396	46
B: Mining & quarrying	4	0
C: Manufacturing	22,448	7,559
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	79	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	59	10
F: Construction	7,996	44
G: Wholesale & retail trade	6,340	1,233
H: Transport & storage	4,377	52
I: Accommodation & catering	759	358
J: Information & communication	42	6
K: Financial & insurance	243	3
L: Real estate activities.	160	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,956	10
N: Administrative & support	3,983	47
O: Public administration & defence	1,894	30
P: Education	661	900
Q: Human health & social work	1,019	720
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,593	2,846
T: Activities of households	8,075	24,882
U: Extraterritorial bodies	33	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,720	72
B: Mining & quarrying	91	1
C: Manufacturing	26,197	14,256
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	237	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	126	20
F: Construction	9,640	35
G: Wholesale & retail trade	7,551	2,156
H: Transport & storage	8,454	72
I: Accommodation & catering	2,002	1,285
J: Information & communication	764	299
K: Financial & insurance	485	1
L: Real estate activities.	770	709
M: Professional, scientific & technical	3,201	3
N: Administrative & support	2,815	171
O: Public administration & defence	2,179	117
P: Education	455	1,336
Q: Human health & social work	848	879
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,509	5,472
T: Activities of households	1,434	17,579
U: Extraterritorial bodies	23	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,172	149
B: Mining & quarrying	93	3
C: Manufacturing	29,569	16,267
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	140	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	202	19
F: Construction	11,249	81
G: Wholesale & retail trade	9,157	1,997
H: Transport & storage	13,729	154
I: Accommodation & catering	3,086	1,497
J: Information & communication	908	133
K: Financial & insurance	984	15
L: Real estate activities.	337	5
M: Professional, scientific & technical	3,586	97
N: Administrative & support	6,374	406
O: Public administration & defence	3,116	289
P: Education	602	1,943
Q: Human health & social work	1,162	1,770
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,872	6,880
T: Activities of households	2,039	23,403
U: Extraterritorial bodies	13	2

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	749	14
B: Mining & quarrying	88	4
C: Manufacturing	26,781	17,558
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	467	2
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	514	5
F: Construction	9,165	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	14,851	3,872
H: Transport & storage	19,277	401
I: Accommodation & catering	6,412	4,216
J: Information & communication	1,160	367
K: Financial & insurance	2,020	141
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	2,900	403
N: Administrative & support	7,362	2,873
O: Public administration & defence	5,303	866
P: Education	721	1,777
Q: Human health & social work	1,229	3,125
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	6,973	10,466
T: Activities of households	1,945	22,525
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	417	21
B: Mining & quarrying	103	10
C: Manufacturing	23,595	16,955
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	936	47
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	153	30
F: Construction	7,311	133
G: Wholesale & retail trade	18,307	9,638
H: Transport & storage	11,956	1,224
I: Accommodation & catering	8,020	9,210
J: Information & communication	780	377
K: Financial & insurance	2,591	1,355
L: Real estate activities.	757	381
M: Professional, scientific & technical	3,205	1,297
N: Administrative & support	18	64
O: Public administration & defence	5,810	1,148
P: Education	972	2,496
Q: Human health & social work	1,600	4,601
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	4,754	4,172
T: Activities of households	1,538	16,295
U: Extraterritorial bodies	100	42

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	121	14
B: Mining & quarrying	33	20
C: Manufacturing	43,259	24,896
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,443	120
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	89	5
F: Construction	14,210	738
G: Wholesale & retail trade	20,166	10,866
H: Transport & storage	27,383	5,089
I: Accommodation & catering	6,424	9,386
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	5,467	3,630
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	10,851	6,931
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	13,011	5,938
P: Education	2,482	3,280
Q: Human health & social work	2,615	7,082
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	6,402	6,252
T: Activities of households	382	4,434
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	40	10
B: Mining & quarrying	10	20
C: Manufacturing	25,870	12,560
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,170	220
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	190	100
F: Construction	11,690	1,170
G: Wholesale & retail trade	15,360	9,180
H: Transport & storage	21,860	4,600
I: Accommodation & catering	5,300	4,560
J: Information & communication	8,330	4,160
K: Financial & insurance	7,560	6,170
L: Real estate activities.	1,030	730
M: Professional, scientific & technical	15,680	9,410
N: Administrative & support	2,140	3,700
O: Public administration & defence	15,320	9,300
P: Education	5,460	6,710
Q: Human health & social work	3,520	8,040
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	3,430	3,620
T: Activities of households	250	1,520
U: Extraterritorial bodies	70	50

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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