Data for 1971	Sex
Standard Industrial Classification (1968)	Male	Female
Agriculture	10,700	2,250
Mining	1,270	380
Food	12,610	8,110
Coal & petroleum products	6,720	820
Chemicals	31,450	8,800
Metal Manufacture	4,610	760
Mechanical Engineering	30,440	5,660
Instrument Engineering	1,250	380
Electrical engineering	8,920	4,670
Shipbuilding	10,080	400
Vehicles	30,370	2,680
Other Metals	7,720	2,070
Textiles	8,370	7,040
Leather	720	440
Clothing & Footwear	3,050	12,020
Bricks etc	4,300	710
Timber, Furniture	3,930	920
Paper, Printing	10,570	4,760
Other Manufacturing	3,660	3,250
Construction	44,420	2,790
Gas, Electricity, Water	8,530	2,260
Transport	32,910	4,990
Distributive Trades	34,150	42,130
Finance	7,800	8,110
Professionals	22,260	46,250
Miscellaneous Services	23,320	33,930
Public Administration & Defence	19,050	9,370

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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