Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	123	6
Textiles & clothing	351	174
Wood & paper	38	1
Chemicals	6	0
Low tech	94	1
High tech.	59	1
Other	121	11

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	309	23
Textiles & clothing	880	1,114
Wood & paper	88	4
Chemicals	51	6
Low tech	278	4
High tech.	133	2
Other	302	37

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	393	34
Textiles & clothing	722	1,130
Wood & paper	85	15
Chemicals	56	0
Low tech	377	4
High tech.	222	2
Other	573	103

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	545	440
Textiles & clothing	674	1,615
Wood & paper	84	7
Chemicals	74	8
Low tech	714	11
High tech.	526	1
Other	844	117

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	933	959
Textiles & clothing	531	670
Wood & paper	91	18
Chemicals	45	5
Low tech	333	22
High tech.	976	384
Other	1,224	279

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	832	194
Textiles & clothing	209	419
Wood & paper	74	15
Chemicals	61	17
Low tech	290	12
High tech.	2,137	1,250
Other	1,648	571

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	966	300
Textiles & clothing	106	164
Wood & paper	225	10
Chemicals	224	77
Low tech	227	29
High tech.	5,682	2,012
Other	462	193

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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