Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,447	107
B: Mining & quarrying	714	8
C: Manufacturing	11,856	4,748
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	14	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	11	6
F: Construction	3,591	10
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,453	651
H: Transport & storage	2,244	23
I: Accommodation & catering	505	276
J: Information & communication	4	0
K: Financial & insurance	69	1
L: Real estate activities.	44	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	801	1
N: Administrative & support	1,131	40
O: Public administration & defence	599	17
P: Education	270	455
Q: Human health & social work	244	282
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	342	1,138
T: Activities of households	1,036	8,184
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,913	262
B: Mining & quarrying	647	0
C: Manufacturing	10,423	7,615
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	106	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	32	7
F: Construction	3,366	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,663	1,114
H: Transport & storage	3,522	34
I: Accommodation & catering	733	811
J: Information & communication	108	28
K: Financial & insurance	111	4
L: Real estate activities.	302	492
M: Professional, scientific & technical	604	1
N: Administrative & support	691	121
O: Public administration & defence	783	43
P: Education	167	610
Q: Human health & social work	183	375
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	476	2,285
T: Activities of households	420	6,235
U: Extraterritorial bodies	10	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,910	100
B: Mining & quarrying	1,801	16
C: Manufacturing	20,989	14,906
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	322	3
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	72	17
F: Construction	7,492	43
G: Wholesale & retail trade	5,320	2,399
H: Transport & storage	7,244	79
I: Accommodation & catering	1,210	958
J: Information & communication	205	67
K: Financial & insurance	497	14
L: Real estate activities.	116	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,160	35
N: Administrative & support	3,160	91
O: Public administration & defence	2,072	90
P: Education	480	1,534
Q: Human health & social work	330	605
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	839	4,693
T: Activities of households	1,306	13,540
U: Extraterritorial bodies	3	3

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,104	156
B: Mining & quarrying	2,187	4
C: Manufacturing	35,125	26,461
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	798	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	439	0
F: Construction	8,779	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	11,017	4,641
H: Transport & storage	18,065	141
I: Accommodation & catering	1,839	2,231
J: Information & communication	564	382
K: Financial & insurance	1,823	92
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	888	101
N: Administrative & support	6,949	1,385
O: Public administration & defence	3,040	429
P: Education	781	1,875
Q: Human health & social work	614	1,765
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,177	5,833
T: Activities of households	1,078	11,679
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,220	75
B: Mining & quarrying	597	20
C: Manufacturing	39,383	22,281
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,930	48
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	215	73
F: Construction	9,113	74
G: Wholesale & retail trade	19,692	8,383
H: Transport & storage	17,259	943
I: Accommodation & catering	1,808	2,718
J: Information & communication	149	47
K: Financial & insurance	2,355	649
L: Real estate activities.	288	89
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,182	434
N: Administrative & support	5	7
O: Public administration & defence	6,456	586
P: Education	1,201	2,400
Q: Human health & social work	1,117	2,375
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,899	2,868
T: Activities of households	852	9,641
U: Extraterritorial bodies	9	6

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	584	71
B: Mining & quarrying	104	12
C: Manufacturing	44,546	20,952
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	3,137	427
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	258	32
F: Construction	13,454	582
G: Wholesale & retail trade	21,152	11,220
H: Transport & storage	19,485	2,310
I: Accommodation & catering	1,720	4,642
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	2,768	1,567
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,833	961
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	8,306	2,505
P: Education	2,121	3,131
Q: Human health & social work	2,621	5,077
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	3,538	3,384
T: Activities of households	281	2,465
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	266	90
B: Mining & quarrying	34	47
C: Manufacturing	40,326	14,967
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,431	776
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	427	95
F: Construction	13,393	1,183
G: Wholesale & retail trade	21,674	17,524
H: Transport & storage	16,480	3,378
I: Accommodation & catering	1,862	3,430
J: Information & communication	4,518	2,461
K: Financial & insurance	3,419	3,368
L: Real estate activities.	351	312
M: Professional, scientific & technical	3,292	2,158
N: Administrative & support	739	1,334
O: Public administration & defence	6,874	5,106
P: Education	4,649	8,887
Q: Human health & social work	2,844	7,338
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,485	3,787
T: Activities of households	79	791
U: Extraterritorial bodies	10	9

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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