Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,187	182
B: Mining & quarrying	1,263	9
C: Manufacturing	5,902	1,535
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	3	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	8	1
F: Construction	762	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	568	83
H: Transport & storage	285	12
I: Accommodation & catering	193	48
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	7	0
L: Real estate activities.	18	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	50	0
N: Administrative & support	349	4
O: Public administration & defence	76	3
P: Education	66	100
Q: Human health & social work	46	15
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	77	81
T: Activities of households	564	2,618
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,667	2,247
B: Mining & quarrying	2,314	1
C: Manufacturing	5,559	3,684
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	13	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	16	5
F: Construction	997	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	792	286
H: Transport & storage	531	60
I: Accommodation & catering	261	266
J: Information & communication	5	0
K: Financial & insurance	14	1
L: Real estate activities.	95	91
M: Professional, scientific & technical	81	0
N: Administrative & support	81	1
O: Public administration & defence	90	4
P: Education	52	161
Q: Human health & social work	34	24
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	138	374
T: Activities of households	104	1,204
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,786	268
B: Mining & quarrying	2,819	20
C: Manufacturing	7,399	5,667
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	29	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	14	3
F: Construction	1,504	9
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,018	274
H: Transport & storage	849	58
I: Accommodation & catering	235	126
J: Information & communication	15	6
K: Financial & insurance	67	2
L: Real estate activities.	30	2
M: Professional, scientific & technical	140	2
N: Administrative & support	320	8
O: Public administration & defence	166	13
P: Education	129	286
Q: Human health & social work	38	54
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	167	341
T: Activities of households	277	2,536
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,735	400
B: Mining & quarrying	4,001	3
C: Manufacturing	6,217	2,231
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	76	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	20	0
F: Construction	1,204	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	991	475
H: Transport & storage	1,465	24
I: Accommodation & catering	223	220
J: Information & communication	19	16
K: Financial & insurance	128	1
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	79	2
N: Administrative & support	388	80
O: Public administration & defence	568	70
P: Education	126	340
Q: Human health & social work	75	172
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	204	377
T: Activities of households	659	2,240
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,421	348
B: Mining & quarrying	3,940	14
C: Manufacturing	7,610	6,669
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	91	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	38	0
F: Construction	1,115	8
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,660	674
H: Transport & storage	1,163	82
I: Accommodation & catering	212	217
J: Information & communication	3	1
K: Financial & insurance	209	25
L: Real estate activities.	44	4
M: Professional, scientific & technical	150	37
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	760	70
P: Education	193	431
Q: Human health & social work	150	275
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	274	165
T: Activities of households	340	1,353
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,483	467
B: Mining & quarrying	2,756	11
C: Manufacturing	8,788	6,256
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	246	22
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	42	0
F: Construction	1,471	33
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,663	980
H: Transport & storage	1,050	125
I: Accommodation & catering	281	552
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	181	105
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	102	49
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,252	159
P: Education	258	432
Q: Human health & social work	312	420
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	259	153
T: Activities of households	94	426
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,539	191
B: Mining & quarrying	1,539	31
C: Manufacturing	9,105	2,603
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	378	29
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	56	3
F: Construction	2,063	58
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,996	985
H: Transport & storage	1,053	106
I: Accommodation & catering	267	324
J: Information & communication	95	50
K: Financial & insurance	194	109
L: Real estate activities.	38	8
M: Professional, scientific & technical	146	70
N: Administrative & support	84	39
O: Public administration & defence	1,289	346
P: Education	631	864
Q: Human health & social work	297	360
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	279	241
T: Activities of households	66	163
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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