Data for 1971	Sex
Standard Industrial Classification (1968)	Male	Female
Agriculture	12,010	3,020
Mining	490	50
Food	7,060	3,760
Coal & petroleum products	2,140	100
Chemicals	5,850	3,670
Metal Manufacture	1,060	220
Mechanical Engineering	24,790	4,560
Instrument Engineering	2,200	630
Electrical engineering	20,850	13,250
Shipbuilding	17,950	890
Vehicles	18,280	1,990
Other Metals	4,760	1,700
Textiles	740	640
Leather	60	110
Clothing & Footwear	680	4,280
Bricks etc	1,870	360
Timber, Furniture	6,390	1,240
Paper, Printing	8,260	4,440
Other Manufacturing	4,180	3,310
Construction	49,300	2,490
Gas, Electricity, Water	9,210	2,330
Transport	36,900	8,310
Distributive Trades	42,270	46,980
Finance	9,930	10,760
Professionals	32,000	51,340
Miscellaneous Services	33,800	41,030
Public Administration & Defence	76,450	18,740

Date:	Source:
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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