Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	377	7
B: Mining & quarrying	1	0
C: Manufacturing	99	14
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	0	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	46	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	26	2
H: Transport & storage	18	0
I: Accommodation & catering	6	1
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	0	0
L: Real estate activities.	1	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	2	0
N: Administrative & support	14	0
O: Public administration & defence	13	0
P: Education	3	5
Q: Human health & social work	3	2
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	5	4
T: Activities of households	31	127
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	446	33
B: Mining & quarrying	1	0
C: Manufacturing	183	72
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	3	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	107	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	68	14
H: Transport & storage	114	1
I: Accommodation & catering	29	37
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	2	0
L: Real estate activities.	17	19
M: Professional, scientific & technical	14	0
N: Administrative & support	10	1
O: Public administration & defence	95	1
P: Education	15	51
Q: Human health & social work	7	5
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	18	64
T: Activities of households	69	419
U: Extraterritorial bodies	6	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	408	3
B: Mining & quarrying	0	0
C: Manufacturing	403	100
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	15	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	235	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	124	26
H: Transport & storage	385	3
I: Accommodation & catering	38	29
J: Information & communication	2	2
K: Financial & insurance	13	0
L: Real estate activities.	3	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	17	1
N: Administrative & support	16	1
O: Public administration & defence	68	6
P: Education	35	54
Q: Human health & social work	8	9
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	22	92
T: Activities of households	71	371
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	805	16
B: Mining & quarrying	18	0
C: Manufacturing	626	299
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	32	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	6	0
F: Construction	579	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	525	163
H: Transport & storage	483	5
I: Accommodation & catering	84	190
J: Information & communication	21	16
K: Financial & insurance	45	1
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	52	6
N: Administrative & support	68	37
O: Public administration & defence	172	27
P: Education	37	122
Q: Human health & social work	32	121
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	163	350
T: Activities of households	223	1,011
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	900	37
B: Mining & quarrying	8	0
C: Manufacturing	1,191	247
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	210	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	16	0
F: Construction	928	11
G: Wholesale & retail trade	993	380
H: Transport & storage	673	46
I: Accommodation & catering	85	207
J: Information & communication	12	1
K: Financial & insurance	90	14
L: Real estate activities.	40	10
M: Professional, scientific & technical	96	18
N: Administrative & support	0	4
O: Public administration & defence	291	22
P: Education	83	180
Q: Human health & social work	76	143
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	162	145
T: Activities of households	336	953
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,049	220
B: Mining & quarrying	8	0
C: Manufacturing	2,353	486
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	328	15
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	15	0
F: Construction	1,599	34
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,288	658
H: Transport & storage	628	67
I: Accommodation & catering	187	310
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	119	43
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	111	64
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	514	121
P: Education	130	224
Q: Human health & social work	166	490
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	325	441
T: Activities of households	164	499
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,265	314
B: Mining & quarrying	31	3
C: Manufacturing	2,992	738
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	175	23
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	36	2
F: Construction	1,862	64
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,007	914
H: Transport & storage	706	71
I: Accommodation & catering	322	230
J: Information & communication	204	67
K: Financial & insurance	325	219
L: Real estate activities.	113	44
M: Professional, scientific & technical	328	132
N: Administrative & support	33	40
O: Public administration & defence	1,155	377
P: Education	388	544
Q: Human health & social work	261	421
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	304	209
T: Activities of households	218	342
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	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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