Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,143	60
Textiles & clothing	7,579	3,883
Wood & paper	1,641	111
Chemicals	291	26
Low tech	2,132	50
High tech.	2,366	31
Other	2,311	183

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,120	324
Textiles & clothing	12,525	15,285
Wood & paper	2,752	319
Chemicals	1,256	72
Low tech	4,398	148
High tech.	4,134	37
Other	5,282	835

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,793	908
Textiles & clothing	12,698	15,927
Wood & paper	3,910	1,897
Chemicals	1,587	249
Low tech	6,011	230
High tech.	5,183	96
Other	13,859	5,806

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	5,812	5,266
Textiles & clothing	9,701	20,773
Wood & paper	3,704	3,611
Chemicals	2,277	1,371
Low tech	7,123	2,101
High tech.	9,057	173
Other	16,354	6,117

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	8,421	8,935
Textiles & clothing	7,550	15,256
Wood & paper	3,105	3,294
Chemicals	2,535	1,776
Low tech	5,838	2,301
High tech.	8,394	1,368
Other	15,700	7,383

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	8,493	7,023
Textiles & clothing	4,319	5,860
Wood & paper	3,103	2,125
Chemicals	2,646	1,507
Low tech	4,019	1,946
High tech.	9,716	1,675
Other	11,586	4,434

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	5,090	3,810
Textiles & clothing	1,780	2,710
Wood & paper	1,790	1,010
Chemicals	1,270	770
Low tech	2,730	900
High tech.	5,780	1,130
Other	2,820	1,090

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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