Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	685	25
B: Mining & quarrying	1	0
C: Manufacturing	187	47
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	0	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	74	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	52	7
H: Transport & storage	42	1
I: Accommodation & catering	13	3
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	1	0
L: Real estate activities.	1	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	5	0
N: Administrative & support	35	0
O: Public administration & defence	16	0
P: Education	5	11
Q: Human health & social work	5	4
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	10	9
T: Activities of households	66	203
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,007	106
B: Mining & quarrying	4	1
C: Manufacturing	1,077	343
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	8	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	9	0
F: Construction	556	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	278	82
H: Transport & storage	679	4
I: Accommodation & catering	98	75
J: Information & communication	7	2
K: Financial & insurance	20	0
L: Real estate activities.	40	37
M: Professional, scientific & technical	57	0
N: Administrative & support	105	1
O: Public administration & defence	82	6
P: Education	24	76
Q: Human health & social work	14	31
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	38	191
T: Activities of households	168	668
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,108	69
B: Mining & quarrying	6	0
C: Manufacturing	1,236	747
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	71	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	5	0
F: Construction	776	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	585	96
H: Transport & storage	596	3
I: Accommodation & catering	128	42
J: Information & communication	23	4
K: Financial & insurance	98	0
L: Real estate activities.	27	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	137	1
N: Administrative & support	518	6
O: Public administration & defence	198	7
P: Education	51	210
Q: Human health & social work	35	99
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	70	264
T: Activities of households	171	1,773
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,709	76
B: Mining & quarrying	38	3
C: Manufacturing	6,905	3,326
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	367	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	71	0
F: Construction	2,877	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	4,698	1,130
H: Transport & storage	4,543	111
I: Accommodation & catering	501	511
J: Information & communication	272	89
K: Financial & insurance	1,210	99
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	605	80
N: Administrative & support	5,190	1,049
O: Public administration & defence	2,833	291
P: Education	492	906
Q: Human health & social work	302	778
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	861	1,250
T: Activities of households	359	4,689
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	618	61
B: Mining & quarrying	80	11
C: Manufacturing	15,462	6,090
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,358	59
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	134	7
F: Construction	5,067	71
G: Wholesale & retail trade	12,215	4,536
H: Transport & storage	9,205	1,133
I: Accommodation & catering	799	1,084
J: Information & communication	401	112
K: Financial & insurance	3,923	1,400
L: Real estate activities.	436	105
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,348	562
N: Administrative & support	5	12
O: Public administration & defence	3,981	474
P: Education	876	1,834
Q: Human health & social work	705	1,278
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,601	1,443
T: Activities of households	443	4,657
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	4

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	188	30
B: Mining & quarrying	7	3
C: Manufacturing	18,348	9,984
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,122	138
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	82	1
F: Construction	5,250	222
G: Wholesale & retail trade	7,074	4,923
H: Transport & storage	4,793	513
I: Accommodation & catering	510	2,098
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	997	373
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	378	264
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	2,910	897
P: Education	700	1,431
Q: Human health & social work	1,229	2,213
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,592	1,925
T: Activities of households	134	1,584
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	90	10
B: Mining & quarrying	200	20
C: Manufacturing	13,700	7,740
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,180	840
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	30	0
F: Construction	4,580	360
G: Wholesale & retail trade	7,700	6,550
H: Transport & storage	4,350	650
I: Accommodation & catering	470	790
J: Information & communication	700	300
K: Financial & insurance	1,550	1,460
L: Real estate activities.	170	200
M: Professional, scientific & technical	790	670
N: Administrative & support	270	720
O: Public administration & defence	2,820	2,330
P: Education	1,010	3,680
Q: Human health & social work	1,240	3,170
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,090	1,190
T: Activities of households	80	420
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

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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