Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	17,574	550
B: Mining & quarrying	304	12
C: Manufacturing	7,219	1,454
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	5	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	14	5
F: Construction	1,738	11
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,389	193
H: Transport & storage	821	14
I: Accommodation & catering	389	107
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	18	2
L: Real estate activities.	31	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	103	0
N: Administrative & support	764	26
O: Public administration & defence	317	7
P: Education	195	203
Q: Human health & social work	131	69
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	196	156
T: Activities of households	1,307	6,561
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	18,218	3,871
B: Mining & quarrying	48	0
C: Manufacturing	8,302	3,464
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	36	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	26	5
F: Construction	2,512	8
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,359	627
H: Transport & storage	2,241	44
I: Accommodation & catering	553	603
J: Information & communication	25	4
K: Financial & insurance	40	5
L: Real estate activities.	272	409
M: Professional, scientific & technical	241	0
N: Administrative & support	391	18
O: Public administration & defence	422	11
P: Education	217	558
Q: Human health & social work	134	203
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	351	682
T: Activities of households	456	4,530
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	16,378	545
B: Mining & quarrying	28	1
C: Manufacturing	5,609	2,016
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	52	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	16	1
F: Construction	2,804	17
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,968	321
H: Transport & storage	2,368	33
I: Accommodation & catering	380	237
J: Information & communication	34	5
K: Financial & insurance	115	1
L: Real estate activities.	69	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	276	4
N: Administrative & support	488	6
O: Public administration & defence	687	30
P: Education	237	604
Q: Human health & social work	104	174
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	301	664
T: Activities of households	995	7,247
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	18,200	1,180
B: Mining & quarrying	2,519	0
C: Manufacturing	8,646	3,852
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	183	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	74	29
F: Construction	3,820	6
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,915	1,206
H: Transport & storage	4,303	89
I: Accommodation & catering	574	1,308
J: Information & communication	95	72
K: Financial & insurance	355	5
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	305	7
N: Administrative & support	810	122
O: Public administration & defence	995	199
P: Education	315	984
Q: Human health & social work	239	568
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	752	1,295
T: Activities of households	1,775	7,970
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	15,090	606
B: Mining & quarrying	431	4
C: Manufacturing	8,152	1,619
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	443	26
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	101	19
F: Construction	3,178	21
G: Wholesale & retail trade	6,653	2,317
H: Transport & storage	7,419	405
I: Accommodation & catering	659	1,467
J: Information & communication	37	6
K: Financial & insurance	528	75
L: Real estate activities.	188	18
M: Professional, scientific & technical	560	144
N: Administrative & support	1	5
O: Public administration & defence	3,027	158
P: Education	471	1,161
Q: Human health & social work	465	804
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	949	698
T: Activities of households	1,659	7,330
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	1

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	15,512	1,150
B: Mining & quarrying	312	7
C: Manufacturing	11,988	3,676
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	680	52
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	98	2
F: Construction	4,743	60
G: Wholesale & retail trade	6,114	3,711
H: Transport & storage	5,731	608
I: Accommodation & catering	1,157	2,128
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	641	135
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	260	149
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	7,591	789
P: Education	682	1,299
Q: Human health & social work	991	1,572
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,213	824
T: Activities of households	633	2,743
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	8,374	536
B: Mining & quarrying	1,376	16
C: Manufacturing	17,931	2,670
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	521	13
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	123	0
F: Construction	6,683	138
G: Wholesale & retail trade	6,547	3,103
H: Transport & storage	3,042	261
I: Accommodation & catering	992	1,082
J: Information & communication	641	503
K: Financial & insurance	557	226
L: Real estate activities.	210	46
M: Professional, scientific & technical	459	199
N: Administrative & support	77	65
O: Public administration & defence	4,157	929
P: Education	1,891	2,252
Q: Human health & social work	1,408	1,957
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,010	682
T: Activities of households	286	835
U: Extraterritorial bodies	6	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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