Standard Industrial Classification (2007), by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,039	24
B: Mining & quarrying	129	2
C: Manufacturing	10,836	5,841
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	7	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	11	0
F: Construction	1,093	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,441	186
H: Transport & storage	536	8
I: Accommodation & catering	268	46
J: Information & communication	2	0
K: Financial & insurance	42	0
L: Real estate activities.	17	1
M: Professional, scientific & technical	117	0
N: Administrative & support	476	7
O: Public administration & defence	322	0
P: Education	81	123
Q: Human health & social work	74	67
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	181	184
T: Activities of households	449	2,689
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,418	159
B: Mining & quarrying	686	0
C: Manufacturing	15,541	13,697
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	95	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	27	0
F: Construction	2,423	7
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,403	701
H: Transport & storage	1,129	55
I: Accommodation & catering	493	477
J: Information & communication	72	21
K: Financial & insurance	76	3
L: Real estate activities.	166	187
M: Professional, scientific & technical	290	0
N: Administrative & support	434	13
O: Public administration & defence	237	13
P: Education	83	295
Q: Human health & social work	114	154
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	242	801
T: Activities of households	116	2,893
U: Extraterritorial bodies	3	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,381	30
B: Mining & quarrying	2,415	12
C: Manufacturing	24,286	22,499
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	219	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	55	2
F: Construction	5,683	30
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,745	919
H: Transport & storage	3,524	84
I: Accommodation & catering	794	407
J: Information & communication	136	15
K: Financial & insurance	243	6
L: Real estate activities.	75	1
M: Professional, scientific & technical	550	20
N: Administrative & support	1,649	60
O: Public administration & defence	605	25
P: Education	272	725
Q: Human health & social work	180	318
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	557	1,392
T: Activities of households	444	6,064
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,984	79
B: Mining & quarrying	7,713	0
C: Manufacturing	33,343	34,061
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	787	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	247	0
F: Construction	6,673	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	8,934	2,994
H: Transport & storage	9,662	912
I: Accommodation & catering	1,531	1,416
J: Information & communication	409	173
K: Financial & insurance	890	28
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	590	26
N: Administrative & support	3,472	1,277
O: Public administration & defence	1,603	284
P: Education	389	1,051
Q: Human health & social work	391	808
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,980	2,805
T: Activities of households	736	6,081
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	711	20
B: Mining & quarrying	7,187	26
C: Manufacturing	29,819	29,022
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,499	6
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	285	56
F: Construction	5,702	73
G: Wholesale & retail trade	13,506	5,880
H: Transport & storage	7,549	312
I: Accommodation & catering	1,373	1,964
J: Information & communication	85	26
K: Financial & insurance	1,106	243
L: Real estate activities.	277	50
M: Professional, scientific & technical	743	289
N: Administrative & support	1	4
O: Public administration & defence	3,857	313
P: Education	656	1,159
Q: Human health & social work	652	1,535
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,151	1,338
T: Activities of households	522	5,103
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	3

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	333	27
B: Mining & quarrying	2,564	53
C: Manufacturing	42,568	37,137
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,648	242
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	238	7
F: Construction	8,579	333
G: Wholesale & retail trade	15,942	9,800
H: Transport & storage	9,879	1,604
I: Accommodation & catering	1,423	4,422
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	2,266	1,126
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,565	843
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	7,216	2,374
P: Education	1,685	1,995
Q: Human health & social work	1,460	3,611
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,963	2,339
T: Activities of households	245	1,722
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	191	31
B: Mining & quarrying	542	60
C: Manufacturing	38,538	26,731
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,374	489
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	176	0
F: Construction	9,862	559
G: Wholesale & retail trade	15,680	12,753
H: Transport & storage	8,907	1,703
I: Accommodation & catering	1,490	2,850
J: Information & communication	2,956	1,458
K: Financial & insurance	2,379	2,309
L: Real estate activities.	225	196
M: Professional, scientific & technical	2,134	1,312
N: Administrative & support	334	626
O: Public administration & defence	6,956	4,002
P: Education	4,527	5,958
Q: Human health & social work	1,676	5,461
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,039	2,303
T: Activities of households	30	453
U: Extraterritorial bodies	10	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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