Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,187	590
B: Mining & quarrying	1,170	6
C: Manufacturing	2,873	812
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	1
F: Construction	957	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	401	153
H: Transport & storage	261	6
I: Accommodation & catering	152	104
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	5	1
L: Real estate activities.	11	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	38	0
N: Administrative & support	144	5
O: Public administration & defence	66	2
P: Education	103	77
Q: Human health & social work	39	10
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	68	54
T: Activities of households	1,078	2,232
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,889	2,716
B: Mining & quarrying	2,254	1
C: Manufacturing	3,640	1,772
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	12	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	6	3
F: Construction	1,273	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	711	351
H: Transport & storage	824	90
I: Accommodation & catering	221	408
J: Information & communication	10	1
K: Financial & insurance	13	2
L: Real estate activities.	245	383
M: Professional, scientific & technical	86	1
N: Administrative & support	67	28
O: Public administration & defence	165	7
P: Education	111	176
Q: Human health & social work	39	27
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	141	250
T: Activities of households	132	2,087
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,764	444
B: Mining & quarrying	3,089	99
C: Manufacturing	5,474	1,475
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	32	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	12	0
F: Construction	1,958	9
G: Wholesale & retail trade	947	228
H: Transport & storage	1,423	17
I: Accommodation & catering	215	249
J: Information & communication	24	1
K: Financial & insurance	74	2
L: Real estate activities.	20	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	164	0
N: Administrative & support	214	4
O: Public administration & defence	166	27
P: Education	149	277
Q: Human health & social work	37	47
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	125	317
T: Activities of households	372	3,721
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,303	993
B: Mining & quarrying	5,598	118
C: Manufacturing	6,404	3,209
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	130	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	25	0
F: Construction	2,181	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,257	823
H: Transport & storage	3,300	41
I: Accommodation & catering	323	627
J: Information & communication	76	56
K: Financial & insurance	279	3
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	218	7
N: Administrative & support	392	150
O: Public administration & defence	595	121
P: Education	214	565
Q: Human health & social work	126	241
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	446	855
T: Activities of households	551	3,199
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,612	372
B: Mining & quarrying	5,651	84
C: Manufacturing	5,286	1,060
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	159	3
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	47	4
F: Construction	1,036	12
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,622	1,093
H: Transport & storage	2,184	127
I: Accommodation & catering	278	685
J: Information & communication	7	1
K: Financial & insurance	311	52
L: Real estate activities.	96	9
M: Professional, scientific & technical	165	42
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	1,199	64
P: Education	255	631
Q: Human health & social work	149	227
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	370	228
T: Activities of households	542	2,662
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,108	538
B: Mining & quarrying	3,390	106
C: Manufacturing	9,811	3,671
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	619	44
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	51	1
F: Construction	2,155	42
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,324	1,562
H: Transport & storage	2,157	193
I: Accommodation & catering	479	1,324
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	331	99
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	145	79
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	3,101	372
P: Education	363	660
Q: Human health & social work	170	391
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	532	356
T: Activities of households	120	600
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,907	327
B: Mining & quarrying	1,221	10
C: Manufacturing	8,732	1,732
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	215	13
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	91	0
F: Construction	2,393	38
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,124	1,070
H: Transport & storage	1,540	96
I: Accommodation & catering	530	530
J: Information & communication	178	40
K: Financial & insurance	215	103
L: Real estate activities.	58	4
M: Professional, scientific & technical	327	82
N: Administrative & support	50	13
O: Public administration & defence	2,215	544
P: Education	650	857
Q: Human health & social work	385	486
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	282	220
T: Activities of households	41	165
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

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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