Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,945	458
B: Mining & quarrying	14	0
C: Manufacturing	2,299	569
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	0	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	5	1
F: Construction	891	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	554	71
H: Transport & storage	188	4
I: Accommodation & catering	186	40
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	6	0
L: Real estate activities.	13	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	52	0
N: Administrative & support	218	3
O: Public administration & defence	79	2
P: Education	56	97
Q: Human health & social work	46	35
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	97	72
T: Activities of households	498	2,001
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	7,221	1,576
B: Mining & quarrying	38	0
C: Manufacturing	2,127	1,988
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	5	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	9	0
F: Construction	1,088	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	615	211
H: Transport & storage	203	20
I: Accommodation & catering	196	217
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	7	0
L: Real estate activities.	93	82
M: Professional, scientific & technical	70	0
N: Administrative & support	43	2
O: Public administration & defence	95	6
P: Education	60	174
Q: Human health & social work	29	47
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	136	266
T: Activities of households	233	1,188
U: Extraterritorial bodies	3	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,668	279
B: Mining & quarrying	17	0
C: Manufacturing	1,691	2,218
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	16	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	1
F: Construction	1,036	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	558	134
H: Transport & storage	340	7
I: Accommodation & catering	155	52
J: Information & communication	6	6
K: Financial & insurance	21	1
L: Real estate activities.	15	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	53	1
N: Administrative & support	79	5
O: Public administration & defence	129	18
P: Education	87	258
Q: Human health & social work	23	47
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	82	350
T: Activities of households	444	1,961
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,412	143
B: Mining & quarrying	96	0
C: Manufacturing	1,925	1,010
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	37	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	11	0
F: Construction	1,384	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	878	273
H: Transport & storage	931	14
I: Accommodation & catering	212	183
J: Information & communication	22	13
K: Financial & insurance	72	1
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	71	6
N: Administrative & support	120	43
O: Public administration & defence	309	86
P: Education	99	329
Q: Human health & social work	60	142
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	302	552
T: Activities of households	1,074	2,354
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,637	107
B: Mining & quarrying	74	1
C: Manufacturing	2,305	1,092
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	99	2
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	14	1
F: Construction	1,257	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,230	382
H: Transport & storage	825	78
I: Accommodation & catering	184	166
J: Information & communication	2	1
K: Financial & insurance	115	9
L: Real estate activities.	48	4
M: Professional, scientific & technical	76	10
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	659	22
P: Education	159	286
Q: Human health & social work	106	129
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	238	202
T: Activities of households	977	1,740
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,536	364
B: Mining & quarrying	113	1
C: Manufacturing	2,524	1,369
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	141	7
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	9	1
F: Construction	1,906	19
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,264	685
H: Transport & storage	774	127
I: Accommodation & catering	272	511
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	171	24
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	99	59
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,220	119
P: Education	213	292
Q: Human health & social work	70	217
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,262	369
T: Activities of households	433	705
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,428	146
B: Mining & quarrying	69	1
C: Manufacturing	3,865	812
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	192	15
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	37	0
F: Construction	2,378	46
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,964	780
H: Transport & storage	836	85
I: Accommodation & catering	283	262
J: Information & communication	258	58
K: Financial & insurance	177	91
L: Real estate activities.	72	27
M: Professional, scientific & technical	514	103
N: Administrative & support	37	39
O: Public administration & defence	3,226	611
P: Education	524	672
Q: Human health & social work	283	417
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	235	211
T: Activities of households	237	318
U: Extraterritorial bodies	817	13

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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