Persons of Working Age by Sex & 1951 Occupational Order

Data for 1951	Sex
1951 Occupational Classification	Male	Female
Fishermen	0	0
Agriculture	129	19
Mining & Quarrying	2,374	1
Ceramics, Glass, Cement, etc	80	64
Coal, Gas, Chemicals	79	15
Metal Manufacturing, Engineering	1,053	46
Textiles	549	746
Leather, Fur	19	3
Textile Goods, Dress	17	287
Food, Drink, Tobacco	58	48
Wood, Cane & Cork	298	8
Paper, Printing	26	14
Other Products	9	24
Building	466	2
Painters & Decorators	106	7
Administrators, Directors, Managers	106	5
Transport	505	32
Commerce, Finance	520	363
Professional, Technical	223	130
Defence	74	3
Entertainment & Sport	39	10
Personal Service	168	420
Clerks, Typists, etc	284	416
Warehousemen, Storekeepers, etc.	153	41
Stationery Engine Drivers, Stokers	221	3
Workers in Unskilled Occupations	489	179
Other & Undefined	39	18
Retired or Not Gainfully Occupied	936	6,631

Date:	Source:
1951	1951 Census of England and Wales, Occupations, Table 21 , 'Selected Occupations with Status Aggregates - abridged analysis', for 'Con divisions and sub-divisions, Urban Areas with population of less than 50,000, RD, NT'

This website exists to help people doing personal research projects on particular areas within a locality. So long as you are using our data for only a small number of units, you are not making money out of what you are doing, and you are not systematically re-publishing our data, you do not need to request permission from us, but you do need to acknowledge us as your source with the wording:

"This work is based on data provided through www.VisionofBritain.org.uk and uses historical material which is copyright of the Great Britain Historical GIS Project and the University of Portsmouth".

Where the above statement is included in a web page or similar online resource, the reference to "www.VisionofBritain.org.uk" must be a working hyperlink.

nCube definition