Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,649	78
B: Mining & quarrying	128	0
C: Manufacturing	1,427	647
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	353	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	213	35
H: Transport & storage	99	2
I: Accommodation & catering	69	20
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	1	0
L: Real estate activities.	4	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	18	0
N: Administrative & support	125	1
O: Public administration & defence	27	1
P: Education	24	43
Q: Human health & social work	19	10
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	34	33
T: Activities of households	263	1,024
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,648	560
B: Mining & quarrying	597	0
C: Manufacturing	2,976	1,725
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	17	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	5	1
F: Construction	725	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	431	155
H: Transport & storage	369	41
I: Accommodation & catering	119	119
J: Information & communication	8	3
K: Financial & insurance	9	4
L: Real estate activities.	50	70
M: Professional, scientific & technical	57	0
N: Administrative & support	83	6
O: Public administration & defence	103	2
P: Education	37	126
Q: Human health & social work	25	34
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	85	257
T: Activities of households	163	894
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,750	61
B: Mining & quarrying	1,108	1
C: Manufacturing	2,548	1,281
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	23	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	0
F: Construction	637	6
G: Wholesale & retail trade	356	76
H: Transport & storage	365	33
I: Accommodation & catering	87	41
J: Information & communication	9	1
K: Financial & insurance	27	4
L: Real estate activities.	7	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	48	2
N: Administrative & support	191	7
O: Public administration & defence	92	12
P: Education	49	133
Q: Human health & social work	16	28
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	57	208
T: Activities of households	177	1,189
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,036	139
B: Mining & quarrying	2,153	0
C: Manufacturing	1,947	886
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	36	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	26	0
F: Construction	792	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	540	160
H: Transport & storage	715	12
I: Accommodation & catering	125	102
J: Information & communication	13	7
K: Financial & insurance	69	2
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	42	2
N: Administrative & support	140	43
O: Public administration & defence	196	48
P: Education	60	180
Q: Human health & social work	42	101
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	150	282
T: Activities of households	664	1,304
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,431	65
B: Mining & quarrying	6,306	18
C: Manufacturing	2,187	1,683
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	94	6
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	29	0
F: Construction	618	11
G: Wholesale & retail trade	778	336
H: Transport & storage	526	46
I: Accommodation & catering	101	121
J: Information & communication	4	1
K: Financial & insurance	83	13
L: Real estate activities.	20	2
M: Professional, scientific & technical	69	18
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	467	39
P: Education	97	233
Q: Human health & social work	58	121
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	133	118
T: Activities of households	318	812
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,301	161
B: Mining & quarrying	6,629	62
C: Manufacturing	2,436	1,276
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	341	8
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	28	0
F: Construction	796	20
G: Wholesale & retail trade	758	467
H: Transport & storage	519	69
I: Accommodation & catering	151	313
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	58	16
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	36	11
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	549	55
P: Education	121	225
Q: Human health & social work	128	261
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	189	147
T: Activities of households	73	225
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	775	86
B: Mining & quarrying	884	19
C: Manufacturing	5,594	881
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	216	16
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	23	1
F: Construction	1,478	61
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,337	652
H: Transport & storage	582	95
I: Accommodation & catering	281	249
J: Information & communication	88	35
K: Financial & insurance	148	83
L: Real estate activities.	34	12
M: Professional, scientific & technical	212	57
N: Administrative & support	52	32
O: Public administration & defence	1,008	285
P: Education	353	521
Q: Human health & social work	168	354
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	170	128
T: Activities of households	74	145
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

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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