Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	53	2
Textiles & clothing	161	90
Wood & paper	39	3
Chemicals	6	1
Low tech	65	1
High tech.	52	1
Other	61	4

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	105	11
Textiles & clothing	219	254
Wood & paper	37	3
Chemicals	28	1
Low tech	112	1
High tech.	74	0
Other	57	8

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	128	17
Textiles & clothing	357	360
Wood & paper	52	14
Chemicals	113	25
Low tech	231	7
High tech.	127	1
Other	232	34

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	510	198
Textiles & clothing	792	1,457
Wood & paper	163	32
Chemicals	240	28
Low tech	659	35
High tech.	1,047	61
Other	959	87

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,341	944
Textiles & clothing	1,564	1,637
Wood & paper	711	264
Chemicals	1,220	498
Low tech	1,299	366
High tech.	2,847	612
Other	3,740	1,108

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,269	1,443
Textiles & clothing	886	1,043
Wood & paper	1,112	654
Chemicals	2,055	1,006
Low tech	2,630	1,070
High tech.	6,468	3,168
Other	4,339	4,417

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	710	460
Textiles & clothing	580	460
Wood & paper	1,160	370
Chemicals	1,790	810
Low tech	2,990	1,210
High tech.	7,680	4,010
Other	1,620	1,140

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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