Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,879	93
B: Mining & quarrying	13	0
C: Manufacturing	1,295	185
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	0
F: Construction	603	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	340	34
H: Transport & storage	240	3
I: Accommodation & catering	81	17
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	4	0
L: Real estate activities.	11	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	33	0
N: Administrative & support	186	2
O: Public administration & defence	173	1
P: Education	39	62
Q: Human health & social work	36	26
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	61	53
T: Activities of households	403	1,665
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,099	620
B: Mining & quarrying	11	0
C: Manufacturing	1,498	570
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	11	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	1,171	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	513	126
H: Transport & storage	461	15
I: Accommodation & catering	158	176
J: Information & communication	7	0
K: Financial & insurance	5	0
L: Real estate activities.	96	69
M: Professional, scientific & technical	75	0
N: Administrative & support	54	6
O: Public administration & defence	321	10
P: Education	59	236
Q: Human health & social work	36	56
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	108	304
T: Activities of households	370	1,913
U: Extraterritorial bodies	17	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,196	75
B: Mining & quarrying	41	0
C: Manufacturing	1,188	443
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	15	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	0
F: Construction	1,041	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	550	75
H: Transport & storage	349	6
I: Accommodation & catering	132	61
J: Information & communication	14	3
K: Financial & insurance	22	0
L: Real estate activities.	20	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	66	3
N: Administrative & support	68	7
O: Public administration & defence	176	9
P: Education	63	190
Q: Human health & social work	20	47
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	95	273
T: Activities of households	359	1,881
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,136	145
B: Mining & quarrying	62	0
C: Manufacturing	1,625	579
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	54	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	11	0
F: Construction	1,502	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,078	297
H: Transport & storage	1,138	15
I: Accommodation & catering	209	323
J: Information & communication	37	26
K: Financial & insurance	94	2
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	113	14
N: Administrative & support	128	65
O: Public administration & defence	417	73
P: Education	105	324
Q: Human health & social work	73	264
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	423	673
T: Activities of households	1,237	2,883
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,265	190
B: Mining & quarrying	29	0
C: Manufacturing	2,266	301
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	112	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	18	1
F: Construction	1,779	12
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,846	717
H: Transport & storage	1,211	94
I: Accommodation & catering	413	557
J: Information & communication	8	1
K: Financial & insurance	184	29
L: Real estate activities.	80	19
M: Professional, scientific & technical	204	37
N: Administrative & support	1	8
O: Public administration & defence	582	35
P: Education	175	315
Q: Human health & social work	160	274
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	489	363
T: Activities of households	1,632	2,563
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,644	483
B: Mining & quarrying	82	2
C: Manufacturing	3,133	676
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	242	20
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	46	7
F: Construction	3,227	60
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,268	1,364
H: Transport & storage	1,378	177
I: Accommodation & catering	294	670
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	322	92
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	268	133
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	966	150
P: Education	382	560
Q: Human health & social work	194	399
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	455	496
T: Activities of households	841	1,416
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,796	458
B: Mining & quarrying	44	5
C: Manufacturing	4,374	1,106
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	223	21
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	52	3
F: Construction	2,556	88
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,723	1,239
H: Transport & storage	963	102
I: Accommodation & catering	444	311
J: Information & communication	296	97
K: Financial & insurance	409	273
L: Real estate activities.	151	59
M: Professional, scientific & technical	451	177
N: Administrative & support	45	60
O: Public administration & defence	1,581	482
P: Education	540	781
Q: Human health & social work	351	578
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	416	293
T: Activities of households	306	478
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	2

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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