Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,094	104
Textiles & clothing	6,315	1,702
Wood & paper	1,278	65
Chemicals	468	11
Low tech	6,592	56
High tech.	3,331	3
Other	1,564	46

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,404	228
Textiles & clothing	6,469	6,551
Wood & paper	1,717	64
Chemicals	2,343	70
Low tech	11,987	251
High tech.	10,163	6
Other	1,818	97

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,523	619
Textiles & clothing	5,991	9,447
Wood & paper	2,526	328
Chemicals	3,702	216
Low tech	19,849	684
High tech.	23,218	121
Other	9,498	782

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,314	3,750
Textiles & clothing	5,866	13,321
Wood & paper	2,558	424
Chemicals	5,078	627
Low tech	24,930	1,283
High tech.	59,804	751
Other	10,224	1,224

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	6,542	6,009
Textiles & clothing	3,899	6,599
Wood & paper	2,157	839
Chemicals	4,480	1,562
Low tech	9,445	2,472
High tech.	41,436	2,823
Other	7,489	2,739

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	9,739	8,214
Textiles & clothing	4,043	15,019
Wood & paper	3,204	1,851
Chemicals	7,241	3,223
Low tech	16,960	4,725
High tech.	89,607	12,246
Other	10,028	4,617

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	11,150	6,527
Textiles & clothing	5,026	12,207
Wood & paper	3,998	1,131
Chemicals	11,462	3,558
Low tech	19,925	3,879
High tech.	68,893	14,182
Other	4,984	1,835

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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