Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,702	64
B: Mining & quarrying	43	0
C: Manufacturing	3,986	915
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	8	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	10	1
F: Construction	1,705	8
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,318	387
H: Transport & storage	891	7
I: Accommodation & catering	205	61
J: Information & communication	9	0
K: Financial & insurance	60	0
L: Real estate activities.	51	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	220	0
N: Administrative & support	1,502	16
O: Public administration & defence	387	5
P: Education	144	268
Q: Human health & social work	141	139
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	197	529
T: Activities of households	1,180	5,007
U: Extraterritorial bodies	36	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,759	407
B: Mining & quarrying	13	0
C: Manufacturing	1,594	619
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	7	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	1
F: Construction	956	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	512	133
H: Transport & storage	239	4
I: Accommodation & catering	265	190
J: Information & communication	6	0
K: Financial & insurance	6	0
L: Real estate activities.	54	56
M: Professional, scientific & technical	58	0
N: Administrative & support	56	3
O: Public administration & defence	6,671	8
P: Education	45	110
Q: Human health & social work	28	40
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	129	326
T: Activities of households	214	1,084
U: Extraterritorial bodies	3	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,997	62
B: Mining & quarrying	5	0
C: Manufacturing	1,354	588
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	11	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	1,187	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	515	89
H: Transport & storage	435	6
I: Accommodation & catering	156	53
J: Information & communication	18	3
K: Financial & insurance	23	0
L: Real estate activities.	11	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	84	2
N: Administrative & support	95	8
O: Public administration & defence	350	9
P: Education	104	180
Q: Human health & social work	30	52
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	96	382
T: Activities of households	489	1,942
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,588	90
B: Mining & quarrying	94	0
C: Manufacturing	2,351	905
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	139	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	32	0
F: Construction	2,068	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,813	416
H: Transport & storage	1,562	20
I: Accommodation & catering	253	253
J: Information & communication	85	31
K: Financial & insurance	339	9
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	273	29
N: Administrative & support	620	167
O: Public administration & defence	1,044	122
P: Education	153	379
Q: Human health & social work	219	491
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	602	1,042
T: Activities of households	1,830	4,907
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,875	107
B: Mining & quarrying	111	2
C: Manufacturing	2,730	588
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	300	14
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	50	2
F: Construction	2,885	24
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,683	1,001
H: Transport & storage	1,281	106
I: Accommodation & catering	570	495
J: Information & communication	49	16
K: Financial & insurance	315	47
L: Real estate activities.	51	7
M: Professional, scientific & technical	421	89
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	1,900	126
P: Education	238	425
Q: Human health & social work	322	523
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	672	698
T: Activities of households	2,312	4,699
U: Extraterritorial bodies	3	3

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,109	376
B: Mining & quarrying	44	0
C: Manufacturing	3,266	1,155
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	432	36
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	77	7
F: Construction	3,111	79
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,912	1,715
H: Transport & storage	1,245	213
I: Accommodation & catering	466	921
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	375	147
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	295	194
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	2,083	453
P: Education	700	883
Q: Human health & social work	591	1,354
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	600	859
T: Activities of households	1,391	2,260
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	919	141
B: Mining & quarrying	39	0
C: Manufacturing	7,130	1,680
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	309	27
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	131	7
F: Construction	2,984	130
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,959	1,450
H: Transport & storage	1,971	332
I: Accommodation & catering	446	368
J: Information & communication	505	155
K: Financial & insurance	571	326
L: Real estate activities.	88	52
M: Professional, scientific & technical	961	343
N: Administrative & support	170	127
O: Public administration & defence	2,576	620
P: Education	765	1,180
Q: Human health & social work	726	836
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	472	407
T: Activities of households	354	602
U: Extraterritorial bodies	10	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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