Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,528	66
B: Mining & quarrying	3	0
C: Manufacturing	933	773
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	8
F: Construction	381	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	234	46
H: Transport & storage	105	2
I: Accommodation & catering	85	22
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	3	0
L: Real estate activities.	6	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	21	0
N: Administrative & support	137	2
O: Public administration & defence	38	1
P: Education	25	47
Q: Human health & social work	21	23
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	43	45
T: Activities of households	385	851
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,611	268
B: Mining & quarrying	2	0
C: Manufacturing	1,492	3,497
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	7	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	8	0
F: Construction	571	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	493	95
H: Transport & storage	304	3
I: Accommodation & catering	147	139
J: Information & communication	3	1
K: Financial & insurance	6	0
L: Real estate activities.	48	44
M: Professional, scientific & technical	44	0
N: Administrative & support	29	0
O: Public administration & defence	64	4
P: Education	29	111
Q: Human health & social work	18	50
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	64	192
T: Activities of households	184	735
U: Extraterritorial bodies	4	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,219	25
B: Mining & quarrying	1	0
C: Manufacturing	1,758	3,167
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	13	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	0
F: Construction	762	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	491	94
H: Transport & storage	293	4
I: Accommodation & catering	139	37
J: Information & communication	11	6
K: Financial & insurance	15	0
L: Real estate activities.	19	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	50	0
N: Administrative & support	85	3
O: Public administration & defence	95	11
P: Education	65	160
Q: Human health & social work	20	51
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	74	268
T: Activities of households	261	1,221
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,465	46
B: Mining & quarrying	36	0
C: Manufacturing	2,205	1,365
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	74	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	18	0
F: Construction	1,378	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,151	321
H: Transport & storage	1,259	20
I: Accommodation & catering	204	195
J: Information & communication	44	28
K: Financial & insurance	177	3
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	138	11
N: Administrative & support	315	153
O: Public administration & defence	346	75
P: Education	100	300
Q: Human health & social work	82	211
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	344	646
T: Activities of households	301	2,286
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,449	61
B: Mining & quarrying	35	0
C: Manufacturing	4,099	2,430
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	130	4
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	53	2
F: Construction	1,387	13
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,611	460
H: Transport & storage	1,067	91
I: Accommodation & catering	204	158
J: Information & communication	52	14
K: Financial & insurance	269	36
L: Real estate activities.	47	6
M: Professional, scientific & technical	233	82
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	718	35
P: Education	176	336
Q: Human health & social work	179	270
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	312	293
T: Activities of households	873	1,644
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,251	117
B: Mining & quarrying	7	0
C: Manufacturing	4,936	3,016
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	261	17
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	33	2
F: Construction	2,162	52
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,638	873
H: Transport & storage	1,270	190
I: Accommodation & catering	285	470
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	140	57
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	200	100
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	892	138
P: Education	388	632
Q: Human health & social work	249	464
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	722	279
T: Activities of households	372	759
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	432	117
B: Mining & quarrying	53	4
C: Manufacturing	15,336	5,985
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	750	217
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	48	7
F: Construction	2,613	304
G: Wholesale & retail trade	4,316	3,242
H: Transport & storage	1,624	401
I: Accommodation & catering	310	470
J: Information & communication	563	262
K: Financial & insurance	262	319
L: Real estate activities.	311	124
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,326	1,398
N: Administrative & support	70	272
O: Public administration & defence	1,311	1,162
P: Education	943	2,093
Q: Human health & social work	425	914
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	397	482
T: Activities of households	64	252
U: Extraterritorial bodies	8	2

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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