Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	57	11
Textiles & clothing	664	279
Wood & paper	92	1
Chemicals	55	1
Low tech	2,363	139
High tech.	300	3
Other	73	1

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	26	11
Textiles & clothing	290	304
Wood & paper	47	0
Chemicals	61	0
Low tech	1,257	77
High tech.	87	0
Other	32	2

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	67	31
Textiles & clothing	457	856
Wood & paper	69	9
Chemicals	67	10
Low tech	2,920	247
High tech.	404	2
Other	784	35

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	353	125
Textiles & clothing	369	1,012
Wood & paper	67	1
Chemicals	58	3
Low tech	2,513	68
High tech.	1,075	0
Other	1,074	33

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	382	106
Textiles & clothing	141	149
Wood & paper	34	1
Chemicals	32	1
Low tech	951	58
High tech.	144	4
Other	111	28

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	409	213
Textiles & clothing	567	998
Wood & paper	66	62
Chemicals	550	25
Low tech	587	34
High tech.	1,416	374
Other	837	782

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	364	504
Textiles & clothing	329	1,137
Wood & paper	104	14
Chemicals	142	60
Low tech	1,068	73
High tech.	4,243	1,133
Other	609	436

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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