Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,038	76
B: Mining & quarrying	7	0
C: Manufacturing	1,319	161
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	3
F: Construction	519	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	367	54
H: Transport & storage	339	2
I: Accommodation & catering	106	25
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	8	0
L: Real estate activities.	8	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	41	0
N: Administrative & support	252	3
O: Public administration & defence	245	1
P: Education	48	70
Q: Human health & social work	39	31
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	65	67
T: Activities of households	539	1,690
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,057	418
B: Mining & quarrying	9	0
C: Manufacturing	2,190	690
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	14	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	5	1
F: Construction	647	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	615	162
H: Transport & storage	763	6
I: Accommodation & catering	218	210
J: Information & communication	6	1
K: Financial & insurance	7	4
L: Real estate activities.	70	74
M: Professional, scientific & technical	43	0
N: Administrative & support	37	1
O: Public administration & defence	4,216	7
P: Education	48	145
Q: Human health & social work	36	47
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	103	241
T: Activities of households	184	1,012
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,858	106
B: Mining & quarrying	32	0
C: Manufacturing	6,092	863
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	26	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	8	0
F: Construction	1,127	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	983	161
H: Transport & storage	2,265	4
I: Accommodation & catering	240	88
J: Information & communication	12	4
K: Financial & insurance	42	1
L: Real estate activities.	12	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	76	1
N: Administrative & support	106	8
O: Public administration & defence	1,513	22
P: Education	109	246
Q: Human health & social work	42	71
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	150	391
T: Activities of households	345	2,085
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,352	189
B: Mining & quarrying	188	0
C: Manufacturing	5,280	1,343
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	167	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	40	0
F: Construction	2,313	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,341	600
H: Transport & storage	2,793	26
I: Accommodation & catering	485	536
J: Information & communication	95	55
K: Financial & insurance	286	7
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	218	15
N: Administrative & support	604	172
O: Public administration & defence	2,210	104
P: Education	212	434
Q: Human health & social work	173	412
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	666	1,152
T: Activities of households	1,060	3,710
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,684	160
B: Mining & quarrying	50	0
C: Manufacturing	9,646	681
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	284	6
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	42	2
F: Construction	1,165	12
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,790	1,224
H: Transport & storage	1,775	94
I: Accommodation & catering	290	396
J: Information & communication	31	11
K: Financial & insurance	200	35
L: Real estate activities.	43	7
M: Professional, scientific & technical	172	38
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	3,309	85
P: Education	185	355
Q: Human health & social work	172	315
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	366	334
T: Activities of households	504	1,752
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,715	692
B: Mining & quarrying	25	0
C: Manufacturing	9,819	1,772
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	370	33
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	62	2
F: Construction	1,850	45
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,773	2,219
H: Transport & storage	2,071	170
I: Accommodation & catering	344	663
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	196	62
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	100	48
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	3,791	217
P: Education	272	481
Q: Human health & social work	192	415
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	401	419
T: Activities of households	149	715
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,458	283
B: Mining & quarrying	460	9
C: Manufacturing	7,586	1,454
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	584	31
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	80	8
F: Construction	2,828	85
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,002	1,325
H: Transport & storage	2,444	192
I: Accommodation & catering	430	354
J: Information & communication	396	93
K: Financial & insurance	398	178
L: Real estate activities.	90	52
M: Professional, scientific & technical	510	154
N: Administrative & support	66	58
O: Public administration & defence	1,727	405
P: Education	730	875
Q: Human health & social work	563	666
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	406	333
T: Activities of households	167	320
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	1

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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