Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,642	100
Textiles & clothing	8,148	6,804
Wood & paper	1,105	69
Chemicals	283	25
Low tech	2,559	74
High tech.	3,189	43
Other	5,523	444

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,150	270
Textiles & clothing	7,624	12,686
Wood & paper	1,386	158
Chemicals	829	61
Low tech	3,772	189
High tech.	2,436	44
Other	8,002	848

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,064	371
Textiles & clothing	5,412	10,723
Wood & paper	1,719	881
Chemicals	942	243
Low tech	4,298	219
High tech.	2,690	55
Other	12,442	3,775

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,062	1,317
Textiles & clothing	4,804	11,467
Wood & paper	934	1,159
Chemicals	1,009	298
Low tech	3,758	507
High tech.	4,685	98
Other	9,528	2,712

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,177	1,759
Textiles & clothing	4,253	7,774
Wood & paper	1,131	1,341
Chemicals	932	891
Low tech	2,040	445
High tech.	5,301	1,338
Other	7,760	3,408

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,377	2,432
Textiles & clothing	4,285	6,971
Wood & paper	1,823	1,299
Chemicals	2,382	1,863
Low tech	3,732	1,054
High tech.	10,978	4,080
Other	16,682	7,197

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	880	610
Textiles & clothing	2,470	3,190
Wood & paper	620	280
Chemicals	1,420	960
Low tech	2,280	1,010
High tech.	10,170	3,940
Other	8,030	2,570

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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