Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	544	57
B: Mining & quarrying	1,244	5
C: Manufacturing	13,950	8,726
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	6	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	56	2
F: Construction	980	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	851	224
H: Transport & storage	893	16
I: Accommodation & catering	241	75
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	19	4
L: Real estate activities.	25	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	61	1
N: Administrative & support	380	1
O: Public administration & defence	113	2
P: Education	84	59
Q: Human health & social work	44	56
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	109	160
T: Activities of households	230	1,711
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,837	493
B: Mining & quarrying	1,847	1
C: Manufacturing	22,087	15,647
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	91	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	38	13
F: Construction	2,667	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,819	703
H: Transport & storage	1,601	34
I: Accommodation & catering	604	554
J: Information & communication	36	8
K: Financial & insurance	64	10
L: Real estate activities.	132	131
M: Professional, scientific & technical	135	0
N: Administrative & support	343	14
O: Public administration & defence	153	5
P: Education	111	133
Q: Human health & social work	65	98
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	221	852
T: Activities of households	105	2,514
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,282	78
B: Mining & quarrying	2,279	6
C: Manufacturing	35,152	29,052
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	159	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	66	5
F: Construction	3,888	11
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,915	744
H: Transport & storage	2,849	36
I: Accommodation & catering	631	258
J: Information & communication	56	9
K: Financial & insurance	263	15
L: Real estate activities.	72	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	296	5
N: Administrative & support	1,302	30
O: Public administration & defence	456	15
P: Education	242	461
Q: Human health & social work	133	146
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	318	751
T: Activities of households	286	6,299
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,812	250
B: Mining & quarrying	5,928	114
C: Manufacturing	50,537	36,537
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	597	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	265	29
F: Construction	5,480	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	6,069	2,438
H: Transport & storage	6,489	103
I: Accommodation & catering	1,018	1,189
J: Information & communication	271	151
K: Financial & insurance	988	22
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	346	21
N: Administrative & support	2,484	386
O: Public administration & defence	1,132	214
P: Education	356	1,203
Q: Human health & social work	291	547
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,410	1,817
T: Activities of households	467	4,147
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	872	79
B: Mining & quarrying	1,377	8
C: Manufacturing	44,128	33,738
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,039	12
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	209	63
F: Construction	3,292	54
G: Wholesale & retail trade	7,629	3,776
H: Transport & storage	3,745	197
I: Accommodation & catering	846	965
J: Information & communication	29	19
K: Financial & insurance	940	181
L: Real estate activities.	146	21
M: Professional, scientific & technical	531	149
N: Administrative & support	0	2
O: Public administration & defence	2,816	270
P: Education	493	1,062
Q: Human health & social work	437	750
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,329	705
T: Activities of households	311	2,470
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	1

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	572	90
B: Mining & quarrying	540	18
C: Manufacturing	47,365	34,614
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,251	148
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	122	1
F: Construction	4,863	149
G: Wholesale & retail trade	6,733	4,709
H: Transport & storage	3,378	262
I: Accommodation & catering	715	2,570
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	736	268
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	459	271
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	2,560	652
P: Education	754	1,106
Q: Human health & social work	619	1,554
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,278	993
T: Activities of households	51	726
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	896	161
B: Mining & quarrying	1,247	28
C: Manufacturing	29,240	13,601
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,099	318
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	200	32
F: Construction	5,452	332
G: Wholesale & retail trade	7,293	7,659
H: Transport & storage	3,510	379
I: Accommodation & catering	722	1,133
J: Information & communication	468	210
K: Financial & insurance	655	556
L: Real estate activities.	67	70
M: Professional, scientific & technical	612	428
N: Administrative & support	101	187
O: Public administration & defence	3,422	1,779
P: Education	1,431	2,924
Q: Human health & social work	1,015	2,622
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	974	844
T: Activities of households	47	290
U: Extraterritorial bodies	20	3

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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