Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	980	56
B: Mining & quarrying	348	18
C: Manufacturing	2,644	1,609
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	1
F: Construction	358	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	168	36
H: Transport & storage	143	8
I: Accommodation & catering	58	20
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	3	1
L: Real estate activities.	5	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	15	0
N: Administrative & support	92	0
O: Public administration & defence	38	1
P: Education	20	22
Q: Human health & social work	13	7
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	26	30
T: Activities of households	158	622
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	935	370
B: Mining & quarrying	779	0
C: Manufacturing	4,526	3,291
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	12	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	16	2
F: Construction	698	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	396	114
H: Transport & storage	182	3
I: Accommodation & catering	103	97
J: Information & communication	5	0
K: Financial & insurance	7	1
L: Real estate activities.	31	34
M: Professional, scientific & technical	31	0
N: Administrative & support	55	0
O: Public administration & defence	50	1
P: Education	27	35
Q: Human health & social work	14	10
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	50	120
T: Activities of households	48	467
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	648	22
B: Mining & quarrying	2,296	11
C: Manufacturing	11,990	11,740
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	48	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	17	0
F: Construction	1,629	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,136	250
H: Transport & storage	809	3
I: Accommodation & catering	196	103
J: Information & communication	21	1
K: Financial & insurance	93	7
L: Real estate activities.	35	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	95	1
N: Administrative & support	314	9
O: Public administration & defence	313	6
P: Education	115	147
Q: Human health & social work	48	57
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	158	222
T: Activities of households	83	2,849
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,396	214
B: Mining & quarrying	4,493	28
C: Manufacturing	23,762	24,697
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	272	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	132	0
F: Construction	2,601	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,503	1,086
H: Transport & storage	2,838	39
I: Accommodation & catering	496	512
J: Information & communication	146	61
K: Financial & insurance	457	4
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	163	12
N: Administrative & support	915	84
O: Public administration & defence	526	109
P: Education	186	490
Q: Human health & social work	158	228
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	819	905
T: Activities of households	220	1,777
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	872	43
B: Mining & quarrying	3,214	9
C: Manufacturing	16,627	17,221
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	618	10
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	170	67
F: Construction	1,251	11
G: Wholesale & retail trade	4,362	1,761
H: Transport & storage	2,378	79
I: Accommodation & catering	479	499
J: Information & communication	16	3
K: Financial & insurance	490	77
L: Real estate activities.	58	7
M: Professional, scientific & technical	301	95
N: Administrative & support	0	2
O: Public administration & defence	1,590	176
P: Education	274	485
Q: Human health & social work	233	378
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	809	501
T: Activities of households	143	1,175
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	595	67
B: Mining & quarrying	2,205	30
C: Manufacturing	16,243	14,581
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	795	42
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	82	0
F: Construction	2,366	51
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,948	2,609
H: Transport & storage	2,509	190
I: Accommodation & catering	406	1,132
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	450	199
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	298	201
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,466	359
P: Education	338	668
Q: Human health & social work	356	792
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	807	604
T: Activities of households	59	592
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	174	54
B: Mining & quarrying	694	34
C: Manufacturing	13,731	7,421
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	559	54
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	87	40
F: Construction	1,996	59
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,628	3,584
H: Transport & storage	2,198	331
I: Accommodation & catering	508	830
J: Information & communication	387	376
K: Financial & insurance	386	426
L: Real estate activities.	25	3
M: Professional, scientific & technical	269	207
N: Administrative & support	28	50
O: Public administration & defence	1,166	749
P: Education	587	1,583
Q: Human health & social work	641	1,395
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	403	556
T: Activities of households	6	208
U: Extraterritorial bodies	3	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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