Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	38	1
Textiles & clothing	88	25
Wood & paper	27	4
Chemicals	2	0
Low tech	47	1
High tech.	47	0
Other	11	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	89	8
Textiles & clothing	153	154
Wood & paper	108	88
Chemicals	11	0
Low tech	207	4
High tech.	63	0
Other	34	1

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	123	16
Textiles & clothing	283	272
Wood & paper	370	331
Chemicals	65	15
Low tech	473	9
High tech.	204	1
Other	288	83

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	326	101
Textiles & clothing	274	548
Wood & paper	300	86
Chemicals	118	40
Low tech	822	8
High tech.	828	2
Other	471	37

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	379	159
Textiles & clothing	353	193
Wood & paper	1,420	281
Chemicals	519	542
Low tech	1,515	25
High tech.	2,339	296
Other	982	257

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	269	116
Textiles & clothing	117	139
Wood & paper	2,988	958
Chemicals	867	1,150
Low tech	1,870	71
High tech.	3,697	579
Other	438	169

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	368	143
Textiles & clothing	115	126
Wood & paper	1,356	198
Chemicals	909	272
Low tech	1,078	108
High tech.	1,852	308
Other	285	63

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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