Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	86	4
Textiles & clothing	184	88
Wood & paper	63	213
Chemicals	5	1
Low tech	107	1
High tech.	77	2
Other	16	1

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	116	12
Textiles & clothing	263	541
Wood & paper	105	42
Chemicals	21	2
Low tech	131	4
High tech.	91	1
Other	57	12

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	74	5
Textiles & clothing	94	191
Wood & paper	33	4
Chemicals	6	0
Low tech	87	0
High tech.	55	0
Other	43	6

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	159	63
Textiles & clothing	168	382
Wood & paper	101	63
Chemicals	58	30
Low tech	159	6
High tech.	171	3
Other	217	76

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	259	100
Textiles & clothing	219	240
Wood & paper	214	139
Chemicals	144	101
Low tech	111	23
High tech.	503	122
Other	489	175

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	247	137
Textiles & clothing	392	577
Wood & paper	177	72
Chemicals	586	560
Low tech	456	198
High tech.	3,001	755
Other	1,908	935

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	530	164
Textiles & clothing	169	236
Wood & paper	662	104
Chemicals	1,741	552
Low tech	1,659	248
High tech.	6,405	1,225
Other	884	265

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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