Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	402	10
B: Mining & quarrying	1	0
C: Manufacturing	129	22
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	0	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	59	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	29	5
H: Transport & storage	24	0
I: Accommodation & catering	9	2
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	0	0
L: Real estate activities.	1	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	3	0
N: Administrative & support	21	0
O: Public administration & defence	12	0
P: Education	4	7
Q: Human health & social work	3	2
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	6	8
T: Activities of households	46	151
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	345	62
B: Mining & quarrying	0	1
C: Manufacturing	158	158
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	106	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	49	15
H: Transport & storage	36	3
I: Accommodation & catering	19	32
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	2	0
L: Real estate activities.	12	8
M: Professional, scientific & technical	6	0
N: Administrative & support	5	0
O: Public administration & defence	103	1
P: Education	7	22
Q: Human health & social work	4	1
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	19	52
T: Activities of households	60	224
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	302	10
B: Mining & quarrying	3	0
C: Manufacturing	241	175
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	3	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	0
F: Construction	333	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	127	27
H: Transport & storage	108	1
I: Accommodation & catering	34	25
J: Information & communication	5	2
K: Financial & insurance	8	0
L: Real estate activities.	6	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	26	2
N: Administrative & support	23	3
O: Public administration & defence	64	2
P: Education	24	64
Q: Human health & social work	8	18
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	33	164
T: Activities of households	197	711
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	404	14
B: Mining & quarrying	4	0
C: Manufacturing	418	136
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	12	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	0
F: Construction	233	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	198	64
H: Transport & storage	261	3
I: Accommodation & catering	47	51
J: Information & communication	7	5
K: Financial & insurance	18	0
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	16	1
N: Administrative & support	32	14
O: Public administration & defence	729	13
P: Education	17	49
Q: Human health & social work	14	38
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	67	127
T: Activities of households	141	445
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	492	22
B: Mining & quarrying	4	0
C: Manufacturing	565	170
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	68	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	66	2
F: Construction	805	7
G: Wholesale & retail trade	765	337
H: Transport & storage	382	34
I: Accommodation & catering	140	250
J: Information & communication	3	1
K: Financial & insurance	82	15
L: Real estate activities.	33	7
M: Professional, scientific & technical	53	14
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	301	21
P: Education	50	124
Q: Human health & social work	50	104
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	130	141
T: Activities of households	348	951
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	279	32
B: Mining & quarrying	14	0
C: Manufacturing	1,614	449
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	63	2
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	135	3
F: Construction	805	13
G: Wholesale & retail trade	733	407
H: Transport & storage	244	50
I: Accommodation & catering	183	312
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	107	34
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	48	23
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,548	177
P: Education	44	106
Q: Human health & social work	104	296
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	164	127
T: Activities of households	97	244
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	564	75
B: Mining & quarrying	20	1
C: Manufacturing	2,495	373
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	158	18
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	20	0
F: Construction	1,184	33
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,076	528
H: Transport & storage	526	72
I: Accommodation & catering	178	165
J: Information & communication	122	45
K: Financial & insurance	107	62
L: Real estate activities.	32	17
M: Professional, scientific & technical	424	84
N: Administrative & support	17	19
O: Public administration & defence	1,698	285
P: Education	227	349
Q: Human health & social work	159	250
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	153	122
T: Activities of households	94	167
U: Extraterritorial bodies	9	1

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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