Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	22,823	1,926
B: Mining & quarrying	2,291	12
C: Manufacturing	15,451	6,039
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	15	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	9	4
F: Construction	6,041	18
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,239	588
H: Transport & storage	2,119	52
I: Accommodation & catering	813	253
J: Information & communication	4	0
K: Financial & insurance	46	2
L: Real estate activities.	102	2
M: Professional, scientific & technical	497	0
N: Administrative & support	1,753	37
O: Public administration & defence	757	31
P: Education	359	620
Q: Human health & social work	288	241
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	487	996
T: Activities of households	5,164	14,092
U: Extraterritorial bodies	6	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	24,518	5,555
B: Mining & quarrying	1,966	2
C: Manufacturing	14,347	10,447
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	64	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	48	38
F: Construction	6,703	6
G: Wholesale & retail trade	4,152	1,392
H: Transport & storage	3,360	147
I: Accommodation & catering	1,236	1,341
J: Information & communication	50	6
K: Financial & insurance	50	2
L: Real estate activities.	619	751
M: Professional, scientific & technical	684	0
N: Administrative & support	493	73
O: Public administration & defence	812	36
P: Education	378	1,265
Q: Human health & social work	335	473
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	956	3,094
T: Activities of households	1,481	10,358
U: Extraterritorial bodies	53	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	19,229	1,152
B: Mining & quarrying	4,455	28
C: Manufacturing	15,026	10,882
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	135	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	34	5
F: Construction	7,680	49
G: Wholesale & retail trade	4,289	1,264
H: Transport & storage	4,429	64
I: Accommodation & catering	1,102	938
J: Information & communication	140	36
K: Financial & insurance	225	9
L: Real estate activities.	117	3
M: Professional, scientific & technical	796	15
N: Administrative & support	1,159	68
O: Public administration & defence	1,533	116
P: Education	573	1,807
Q: Human health & social work	290	468
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	851	3,952
T: Activities of households	2,863	16,083
U: Extraterritorial bodies	15	6

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	19,730	1,165
B: Mining & quarrying	6,693	10
C: Manufacturing	22,595	13,796
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	484	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	73	0
F: Construction	8,807	6
G: Wholesale & retail trade	7,647	3,324
H: Transport & storage	10,377	128
I: Accommodation & catering	1,455	2,057
J: Information & communication	260	198
K: Financial & insurance	888	7
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	682	41
N: Administrative & support	1,682	602
O: Public administration & defence	2,234	541
P: Education	773	2,381
Q: Human health & social work	485	1,584
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,859	5,573
T: Activities of households	4,499	16,905
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	14,885	613
B: Mining & quarrying	5,856	7
C: Manufacturing	20,389	7,525
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,178	38
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	143	6
F: Construction	7,165	102
G: Wholesale & retail trade	11,674	5,096
H: Transport & storage	8,671	626
I: Accommodation & catering	1,628	2,277
J: Information & communication	45	21
K: Financial & insurance	1,052	163
L: Real estate activities.	277	33
M: Professional, scientific & technical	804	267
N: Administrative & support	1	14
O: Public administration & defence	5,163	263
P: Education	1,089	2,624
Q: Human health & social work	899	1,810
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,180	1,914
T: Activities of households	5,601	13,786
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	1

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	13,991	1,340
B: Mining & quarrying	4,321	89
C: Manufacturing	41,289	12,999
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,370	260
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	250	2
F: Construction	10,843	258
G: Wholesale & retail trade	12,639	8,394
H: Transport & storage	9,243	1,421
I: Accommodation & catering	2,298	5,205
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	1,378	625
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,050	569
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	16,917	2,950
P: Education	1,852	3,147
Q: Human health & social work	1,332	3,497
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,301	2,104
T: Activities of households	2,002	4,659
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,237	562
B: Mining & quarrying	624	19
C: Manufacturing	58,777	8,935
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,035	218
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	389	46
F: Construction	13,206	416
G: Wholesale & retail trade	15,692	10,783
H: Transport & storage	7,885	1,512
I: Accommodation & catering	1,722	2,473
J: Information & communication	1,385	579
K: Financial & insurance	1,841	2,091
L: Real estate activities.	401	187
M: Professional, scientific & technical	2,689	1,016
N: Administrative & support	518	472
O: Public administration & defence	12,991	5,433
P: Education	3,960	6,596
Q: Human health & social work	1,938	4,292
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,824	1,863
T: Activities of households	568	1,287
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	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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