Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	9,626	257
B: Mining & quarrying	9	0
C: Manufacturing	2,801	546
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	0
F: Construction	1,039	7
G: Wholesale & retail trade	600	90
H: Transport & storage	400	5
I: Accommodation & catering	151	36
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	7	1
L: Real estate activities.	13	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	67	0
N: Administrative & support	366	3
O: Public administration & defence	129	2
P: Education	64	125
Q: Human health & social work	58	67
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	124	82
T: Activities of households	587	2,800
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	9,203	1,389
B: Mining & quarrying	14	0
C: Manufacturing	2,970	1,350
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	10	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	0
F: Construction	1,227	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	797	281
H: Transport & storage	723	16
I: Accommodation & catering	209	215
J: Information & communication	9	1
K: Financial & insurance	9	0
L: Real estate activities.	80	103
M: Professional, scientific & technical	116	0
N: Administrative & support	113	4
O: Public administration & defence	349	6
P: Education	59	271
Q: Human health & social work	63	132
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	204	352
T: Activities of households	274	1,938
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	7,482	218
B: Mining & quarrying	20	1
C: Manufacturing	2,320	853
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	15	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	0
F: Construction	1,188	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	624	183
H: Transport & storage	624	6
I: Accommodation & catering	161	91
J: Information & communication	9	12
K: Financial & insurance	18	0
L: Real estate activities.	12	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	73	0
N: Administrative & support	113	7
O: Public administration & defence	296	18
P: Education	81	330
Q: Human health & social work	62	111
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	128	440
T: Activities of households	423	2,787
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	9,569	258
B: Mining & quarrying	12	1
C: Manufacturing	3,849	1,409
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	89	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	23	0
F: Construction	1,730	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,590	590
H: Transport & storage	1,847	14
I: Accommodation & catering	316	438
J: Information & communication	32	33
K: Financial & insurance	121	1
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	97	7
N: Administrative & support	219	70
O: Public administration & defence	1,227	102
P: Education	145	444
Q: Human health & social work	92	238
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	382	758
T: Activities of households	875	3,281
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,457	144
B: Mining & quarrying	12	0
C: Manufacturing	2,764	473
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	189	13
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	30	2
F: Construction	1,755	10
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,397	928
H: Transport & storage	1,305	113
I: Accommodation & catering	532	585
J: Information & communication	4	1
K: Financial & insurance	198	30
L: Real estate activities.	70	11
M: Professional, scientific & technical	179	38
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	2,304	54
P: Education	233	643
Q: Human health & social work	194	441
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	565	400
T: Activities of households	1,395	3,626
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,191	395
B: Mining & quarrying	12	2
C: Manufacturing	4,445	1,233
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	295	34
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	31	3
F: Construction	2,882	37
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,307	1,235
H: Transport & storage	1,140	191
I: Accommodation & catering	531	839
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	321	63
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	156	61
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	3,102	330
P: Education	295	588
Q: Human health & social work	337	472
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	564	379
T: Activities of households	589	1,421
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,521	299
B: Mining & quarrying	32	0
C: Manufacturing	4,731	964
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	520	50
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	30	2
F: Construction	3,053	44
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,476	944
H: Transport & storage	1,744	126
I: Accommodation & catering	417	279
J: Information & communication	740	158
K: Financial & insurance	203	118
L: Real estate activities.	67	22
M: Professional, scientific & technical	268	73
N: Administrative & support	62	38
O: Public administration & defence	1,768	358
P: Education	502	623
Q: Human health & social work	312	394
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	355	172
T: Activities of households	185	363
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1,263	29

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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