Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

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Data for 1841 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 81 Show data context 26 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 5,716 Show data context 4,163 Show data context
Wood & paper 132 Show data context 19 Show data context
Chemicals 37 Show data context 1 Show data context
Low tech 682 Show data context 16 Show data context
High tech. 375 Show data context 4 Show data context
Other 233 Show data context 128 Show data context
Data for 1861 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 166 Show data context 48 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 1,622 Show data context 1,934 Show data context
Wood & paper 136 Show data context 6 Show data context
Chemicals 75 Show data context 3 Show data context
Low tech 754 Show data context 20 Show data context
High tech. 315 Show data context 3 Show data context
Other 129 Show data context 18 Show data context
Data for 1881 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 202 Show data context 70 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 642 Show data context 962 Show data context
Wood & paper 153 Show data context 21 Show data context
Chemicals 58 Show data context 6 Show data context
Low tech 431 Show data context 20 Show data context
High tech. 290 Show data context 7 Show data context
Other 439 Show data context 80 Show data context
Data for 1911 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 177 Show data context 186 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 3,664 Show data context 4,703 Show data context
Wood & paper 200 Show data context 53 Show data context
Chemicals 267 Show data context 44 Show data context
Low tech 775 Show data context 28 Show data context
High tech. 892 Show data context 28 Show data context
Other 418 Show data context 43 Show data context
Data for 1931 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 513 Show data context 372 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 631 Show data context 1,102 Show data context
Wood & paper 201 Show data context 35 Show data context
Chemicals 138 Show data context 98 Show data context
Low tech 575 Show data context 55 Show data context
High tech. 506 Show data context 18 Show data context
Other 223 Show data context 92 Show data context
Data for 1951 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 781 Show data context 860 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 1,166 Show data context 841 Show data context
Wood & paper 382 Show data context 103 Show data context
Chemicals 443 Show data context 137 Show data context
Low tech 856 Show data context 156 Show data context
High tech. 617 Show data context 223 Show data context
Other 269 Show data context 93 Show data context
Data for 1971 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 586 Show data context 221 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 1,993 Show data context 1,026 Show data context
Wood & paper 607 Show data context 94 Show data context
Chemicals 1,583 Show data context 316 Show data context
Low tech 1,354 Show data context 171 Show data context
High tech. 4,127 Show data context 587 Show data context
Other 270 Show data context 58 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, West Lancashire District through time | Industry Statistics | Workers in Manufacturing, by sex, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 25th April 2024