Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	194	9
Textiles & clothing	449	227
Wood & paper	80	38
Chemicals	9	1
Low tech	215	8
High tech.	166	4
Other	49	4

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	210	18
Textiles & clothing	284	465
Wood & paper	60	1
Chemicals	18	3
Low tech	248	5
High tech.	155	4
Other	42	10

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	137	9
Textiles & clothing	159	278
Wood & paper	49	4
Chemicals	7	0
Low tech	318	1
High tech.	173	1
Other	141	4

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	210	51
Textiles & clothing	162	389
Wood & paper	68	5
Chemicals	103	25
Low tech	301	6
High tech.	393	10
Other	184	21

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	337	70
Textiles & clothing	77	73
Wood & paper	109	18
Chemicals	18	3
Low tech	422	13
High tech.	550	54
Other	116	19

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	222	62
Textiles & clothing	33	41
Wood & paper	228	44
Chemicals	11	10
Low tech	393	43
High tech.	982	167
Other	55	21

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	187	51
Textiles & clothing	142	106
Wood & paper	189	31
Chemicals	214	45
Low tech	428	42
High tech.	980	206
Other	215	77

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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