Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,143	317
B: Mining & quarrying	191	2
C: Manufacturing	1,381	408
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	0	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	314	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	169	25
H: Transport & storage	115	4
I: Accommodation & catering	56	15
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	2	0
L: Real estate activities.	5	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	20	0
N: Administrative & support	128	4
O: Public administration & defence	30	1
P: Education	19	39
Q: Human health & social work	16	9
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	34	28
T: Activities of households	211	689
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,122	483
B: Mining & quarrying	111	2
C: Manufacturing	4,115	2,372
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	10	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	6	0
F: Construction	664	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	476	126
H: Transport & storage	334	21
I: Accommodation & catering	145	137
J: Information & communication	9	0
K: Financial & insurance	12	1
L: Real estate activities.	89	117
M: Professional, scientific & technical	108	0
N: Administrative & support	151	14
O: Public administration & defence	80	3
P: Education	41	156
Q: Human health & social work	26	33
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	96	390
T: Activities of households	157	1,350
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,622	91
B: Mining & quarrying	134	4
C: Manufacturing	3,551	2,323
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	9	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	0
F: Construction	941	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	475	98
H: Transport & storage	447	20
I: Accommodation & catering	103	56
J: Information & communication	16	3
K: Financial & insurance	59	2
L: Real estate activities.	25	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	89	2
N: Administrative & support	316	13
O: Public administration & defence	102	10
P: Education	65	188
Q: Human health & social work	26	42
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	69	375
T: Activities of households	223	1,628
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,677	110
B: Mining & quarrying	196	2
C: Manufacturing	5,767	3,005
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	73	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	19	0
F: Construction	1,179	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,147	474
H: Transport & storage	1,158	35
I: Accommodation & catering	176	228
J: Information & communication	41	30
K: Financial & insurance	205	18
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	123	11
N: Administrative & support	750	245
O: Public administration & defence	320	82
P: Education	126	319
Q: Human health & social work	80	196
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	271	600
T: Activities of households	413	1,931
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,654	157
B: Mining & quarrying	221	15
C: Manufacturing	5,021	1,557
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	198	17
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	54	2
F: Construction	954	13
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,192	500
H: Transport & storage	892	69
I: Accommodation & catering	221	301
J: Information & communication	3	1
K: Financial & insurance	183	34
L: Real estate activities.	60	9
M: Professional, scientific & technical	108	27
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	564	47
P: Education	150	433
Q: Human health & social work	104	213
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	237	208
T: Activities of households	553	1,501
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,575	186
B: Mining & quarrying	294	33
C: Manufacturing	4,138	1,747
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	353	40
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	75	8
F: Construction	873	18
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,302	874
H: Transport & storage	779	114
I: Accommodation & catering	153	482
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	113	41
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	117	38
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	688	156
P: Education	232	399
Q: Human health & social work	323	773
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	259	230
T: Activities of households	308	597
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,679	291
B: Mining & quarrying	39	3
C: Manufacturing	8,482	2,288
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	308	47
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	60	13
F: Construction	2,249	71
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,270	1,178
H: Transport & storage	994	145
I: Accommodation & catering	362	395
J: Information & communication	167	56
K: Financial & insurance	233	131
L: Real estate activities.	47	22
M: Professional, scientific & technical	371	142
N: Administrative & support	80	57
O: Public administration & defence	1,540	466
P: Education	598	903
Q: Human health & social work	374	596
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	260	233
T: Activities of households	78	283
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	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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