Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

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Data for 1841 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 106 Show data context 6 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 776 Show data context 603 Show data context
Wood & paper 79 Show data context 0 Show data context
Chemicals 2 Show data context 0 Show data context
Low tech 295 Show data context 33 Show data context
High tech. 111 Show data context 2 Show data context
Other 58 Show data context 3 Show data context
Data for 1861 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 211 Show data context 16 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 930 Show data context 1,496 Show data context
Wood & paper 143 Show data context 24 Show data context
Chemicals 39 Show data context 2 Show data context
Low tech 1,116 Show data context 104 Show data context
High tech. 341 Show data context 5 Show data context
Other 197 Show data context 76 Show data context
Data for 1881 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 126 Show data context 19 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 767 Show data context 897 Show data context
Wood & paper 62 Show data context 37 Show data context
Chemicals 30 Show data context 14 Show data context
Low tech 1,006 Show data context 176 Show data context
High tech. 239 Show data context 6 Show data context
Other 319 Show data context 133 Show data context
Data for 1911 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 184 Show data context 37 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 341 Show data context 649 Show data context
Wood & paper 75 Show data context 35 Show data context
Chemicals 21 Show data context 2 Show data context
Low tech 637 Show data context 119 Show data context
High tech. 495 Show data context 37 Show data context
Other 194 Show data context 7 Show data context
Data for 1931 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 167 Show data context 35 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 602 Show data context 1,341 Show data context
Wood & paper 57 Show data context 22 Show data context
Chemicals 46 Show data context 33 Show data context
Low tech 608 Show data context 133 Show data context
High tech. 572 Show data context 51 Show data context
Other 134 Show data context 69 Show data context
Data for 1951 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 139 Show data context 33 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 360 Show data context 798 Show data context
Wood & paper 32 Show data context 18 Show data context
Chemicals 17 Show data context 1 Show data context
Low tech 648 Show data context 167 Show data context
High tech. 1,171 Show data context 222 Show data context
Other 68 Show data context 36 Show data context
Data for 1971 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 186 Show data context 46 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 98 Show data context 113 Show data context
Wood & paper 85 Show data context 6 Show data context
Chemicals 162 Show data context 37 Show data context
Low tech 1,461 Show data context 205 Show data context
High tech. 3,437 Show data context 389 Show data context
Other 165 Show data context 85 Show data context
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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Our presentation of long-run trends in economic activity is based around the 2007 Standard Industrial Classification, but in that Manufacturing is treated as just one of twenty-one "Sections". Earlier classifications provide far more detail of manufacturing, so to present some of that detail in long-run perspective here we use a seven-way sub-classification of manufacturing used by the 2011 Census of England and Wales (unfortunately equivalent detail is not available from the Scottish 2011 census). "High-tech" i...


ncludes electronics and aircraft manufacture, but also cars, shipbuilding and making any kind of machinery. Here we break the numbers in each industry down by gender, but this is not possible with the 2011 data, only with the re-districted and re-classified historical statisics.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, North Warwickshire District through time | Industry Statistics | Workers in Manufacturing, by sex, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 26th April 2024