Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	566	29
B: Mining & quarrying	1	0
C: Manufacturing	361	70
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	142	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	114	18
H: Transport & storage	77	1
I: Accommodation & catering	33	8
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	3	0
L: Real estate activities.	6	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	18	0
N: Administrative & support	110	3
O: Public administration & defence	49	1
P: Education	12	28
Q: Human health & social work	15	13
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	17	41
T: Activities of households	180	484
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	526	56
B: Mining & quarrying	3	0
C: Manufacturing	202	116
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	194	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	110	23
H: Transport & storage	109	2
I: Accommodation & catering	48	36
J: Information & communication	2	1
K: Financial & insurance	5	0
L: Real estate activities.	22	15
M: Professional, scientific & technical	36	0
N: Administrative & support	28	1
O: Public administration & defence	49	2
P: Education	15	38
Q: Human health & social work	12	15
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	26	152
T: Activities of households	107	414
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	648	17
B: Mining & quarrying	17	0
C: Manufacturing	1,440	720
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	24	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	10	0
F: Construction	1,792	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	761	137
H: Transport & storage	903	8
I: Accommodation & catering	144	64
J: Information & communication	44	7
K: Financial & insurance	79	1
L: Real estate activities.	32	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	216	4
N: Administrative & support	413	29
O: Public administration & defence	224	16
P: Education	67	223
Q: Human health & social work	51	160
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	159	872
T: Activities of households	290	2,194
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	1

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	633	20
B: Mining & quarrying	27	0
C: Manufacturing	10,820	5,316
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	545	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	173	0
F: Construction	6,641	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	6,713	1,509
H: Transport & storage	9,602	133
I: Accommodation & catering	740	604
J: Information & communication	393	110
K: Financial & insurance	998	51
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	781	71
N: Administrative & support	3,801	1,370
O: Public administration & defence	2,210	332
P: Education	484	1,063
Q: Human health & social work	289	594
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,782	4,068
T: Activities of households	487	6,919
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	397	17
B: Mining & quarrying	54	13
C: Manufacturing	24,121	11,021
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,855	57
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	147	15
F: Construction	10,175	144
G: Wholesale & retail trade	13,892	6,754
H: Transport & storage	12,827	1,115
I: Accommodation & catering	1,781	2,050
J: Information & communication	460	172
K: Financial & insurance	2,502	803
L: Real estate activities.	476	123
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,514	444
N: Administrative & support	8	41
O: Public administration & defence	3,844	608
P: Education	784	1,370
Q: Human health & social work	807	1,233
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,862	3,322
T: Activities of households	815	7,566
U: Extraterritorial bodies	11	4

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	85	12
B: Mining & quarrying	18	7
C: Manufacturing	49,398	23,748
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,109	156
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	125	8
F: Construction	8,255	378
G: Wholesale & retail trade	9,151	5,410
H: Transport & storage	10,070	1,170
I: Accommodation & catering	1,087	3,286
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	1,005	524
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	518	346
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	4,224	1,134
P: Education	786	1,535
Q: Human health & social work	886	2,133
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	3,090	2,660
T: Activities of households	185	2,393
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	50	10
B: Mining & quarrying	10	10
C: Manufacturing	34,840	15,950
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	780	210
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	130	0
F: Construction	8,030	550
G: Wholesale & retail trade	11,330	7,700
H: Transport & storage	8,650	1,220
I: Accommodation & catering	750	850
J: Information & communication	3,620	1,170
K: Financial & insurance	1,660	1,120
L: Real estate activities.	370	220
M: Professional, scientific & technical	2,730	1,330
N: Administrative & support	910	1,390
O: Public administration & defence	3,120	2,270
P: Education	1,460	3,170
Q: Human health & social work	1,390	3,880
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,460	1,800
T: Activities of households	90	570
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	10

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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