Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,227	184
B: Mining & quarrying	1,101	9
C: Manufacturing	6,166	1,171
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	13	1
F: Construction	844	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	652	83
H: Transport & storage	285	11
I: Accommodation & catering	216	50
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	7	1
L: Real estate activities.	19	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	61	0
N: Administrative & support	375	3
O: Public administration & defence	90	3
P: Education	76	103
Q: Human health & social work	76	33
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	92	92
T: Activities of households	620	2,879
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,935	1,283
B: Mining & quarrying	449	0
C: Manufacturing	4,819	2,928
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	7	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	1
F: Construction	1,017	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	655	226
H: Transport & storage	668	69
I: Accommodation & catering	216	211
J: Information & communication	9	1
K: Financial & insurance	10	1
L: Real estate activities.	82	80
M: Professional, scientific & technical	97	0
N: Administrative & support	109	3
O: Public administration & defence	176	13
P: Education	60	205
Q: Human health & social work	72	67
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	138	427
T: Activities of households	246	1,575
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,705	171
B: Mining & quarrying	247	2
C: Manufacturing	5,716	2,959
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	28	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	6	1
F: Construction	1,381	13
G: Wholesale & retail trade	770	174
H: Transport & storage	831	31
I: Accommodation & catering	191	154
J: Information & communication	42	1
K: Financial & insurance	73	2
L: Real estate activities.	22	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	133	2
N: Administrative & support	255	15
O: Public administration & defence	269	22
P: Education	94	282
Q: Human health & social work	96	136
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	132	386
T: Activities of households	375	2,819
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,748	307
B: Mining & quarrying	3,757	3
C: Manufacturing	6,470	2,201
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	79	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	20	0
F: Construction	1,114	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	948	457
H: Transport & storage	1,377	23
I: Accommodation & catering	213	204
J: Information & communication	20	15
K: Financial & insurance	127	1
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	73	2
N: Administrative & support	389	77
O: Public administration & defence	456	62
P: Education	114	303
Q: Human health & social work	63	145
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	185	338
T: Activities of households	515	1,906
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,841	179
B: Mining & quarrying	511	30
C: Manufacturing	6,804	3,097
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	182	3
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	55	1
F: Construction	1,198	59
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,983	855
H: Transport & storage	1,826	129
I: Accommodation & catering	381	323
J: Information & communication	5	1
K: Financial & insurance	247	34
L: Real estate activities.	52	5
M: Professional, scientific & technical	154	56
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	1,056	95
P: Education	248	590
Q: Human health & social work	186	406
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	470	284
T: Activities of households	624	2,045
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,634	420
B: Mining & quarrying	558	82
C: Manufacturing	15,544	6,399
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	587	40
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	55	1
F: Construction	2,114	49
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,977	1,446
H: Transport & storage	2,170	302
I: Accommodation & catering	406	1,198
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	315	100
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	137	154
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	5,546	974
P: Education	426	659
Q: Human health & social work	478	881
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	716	392
T: Activities of households	275	713
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	957	119
B: Mining & quarrying	926	18
C: Manufacturing	16,309	4,688
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	588	76
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	42	12
F: Construction	2,557	114
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,990	2,781
H: Transport & storage	1,659	209
I: Accommodation & catering	324	630
J: Information & communication	181	96
K: Financial & insurance	359	232
L: Real estate activities.	52	44
M: Professional, scientific & technical	231	200
N: Administrative & support	69	91
O: Public administration & defence	2,751	1,840
P: Education	1,092	1,842
Q: Human health & social work	787	1,307
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	379	678
T: Activities of households	49	149
U: Extraterritorial bodies	6	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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