Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

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Data for 1841 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 272 Show data context 12 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 583 Show data context 301 Show data context
Wood & paper 240 Show data context 1,029 Show data context
Chemicals 5 Show data context 0 Show data context
Low tech 262 Show data context 4 Show data context
High tech. 260 Show data context 4 Show data context
Other 40 Show data context 3 Show data context
Data for 1861 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 269 Show data context 11 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 428 Show data context 2,347 Show data context
Wood & paper 80 Show data context 1 Show data context
Chemicals 24 Show data context 1 Show data context
Low tech 229 Show data context 2 Show data context
High tech. 121 Show data context 1 Show data context
Other 50 Show data context 10 Show data context
Data for 1881 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 299 Show data context 11 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 375 Show data context 2,820 Show data context
Wood & paper 65 Show data context 25 Show data context
Chemicals 26 Show data context 0 Show data context
Low tech 238 Show data context 2 Show data context
High tech. 153 Show data context 0 Show data context
Other 126 Show data context 16 Show data context
Data for 1911 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 360 Show data context 129 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 375 Show data context 827 Show data context
Wood & paper 224 Show data context 137 Show data context
Chemicals 114 Show data context 55 Show data context
Low tech 331 Show data context 10 Show data context
High tech. 366 Show data context 4 Show data context
Other 464 Show data context 169 Show data context
Data for 1931 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 493 Show data context 116 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 720 Show data context 1,430 Show data context
Wood & paper 402 Show data context 199 Show data context
Chemicals 183 Show data context 58 Show data context
Low tech 771 Show data context 35 Show data context
High tech. 1,869 Show data context 277 Show data context
Other 681 Show data context 188 Show data context
Data for 1951 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 648 Show data context 170 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 1,058 Show data context 1,810 Show data context
Wood & paper 143 Show data context 18 Show data context
Chemicals 472 Show data context 258 Show data context
Low tech 1,801 Show data context 275 Show data context
High tech. 4,448 Show data context 1,528 Show data context
Other 1,648 Show data context 632 Show data context
Data for 1971 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 490 Show data context 160 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 168 Show data context 264 Show data context
Wood & paper 675 Show data context 117 Show data context
Chemicals 1,675 Show data context 566 Show data context
Low tech 1,615 Show data context 265 Show data context
High tech. 6,845 Show data context 1,406 Show data context
Other 685 Show data context 302 Show data context
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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Our presentation of long-run trends in economic activity is based around the 2007 Standard Industrial Classification, but in that Manufacturing is treated as just one of twenty-one "Sections". Earlier classifications provide far more detail of manufacturing, so to present some of that detail in long-run perspective here we use a seven-way sub-classification of manufacturing used by the 2011 Census of England and Wales (unfortunately equivalent detail is not available from the Scottish 2011 census). "High-tech" i...


ncludes electronics and aircraft manufacture, but also cars, shipbuilding and making any kind of machinery. Here we break the numbers in each industry down by gender, but this is not possible with the 2011 data, only with the re-districted and re-classified historical statisics.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, North Hertfordshire District through time | Industry Statistics | Workers in Manufacturing, by sex, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 26th April 2024