Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	541	82
B: Mining & quarrying	1	0
C: Manufacturing	2,183	479
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	0
F: Construction	513	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	479	97
H: Transport & storage	649	5
I: Accommodation & catering	92	18
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	12	0
L: Real estate activities.	12	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	17	0
N: Administrative & support	220	5
O: Public administration & defence	343	2
P: Education	29	68
Q: Human health & social work	28	51
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	55	127
T: Activities of households	165	898
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,006	88
B: Mining & quarrying	18	0
C: Manufacturing	5,143	1,889
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	41	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	23	1
F: Construction	2,012	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,304	337
H: Transport & storage	2,041	5
I: Accommodation & catering	367	287
J: Information & communication	42	7
K: Financial & insurance	118	1
L: Real estate activities.	137	159
M: Professional, scientific & technical	278	0
N: Administrative & support	485	5
O: Public administration & defence	4,446	11
P: Education	104	354
Q: Human health & social work	104	237
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	180	947
T: Activities of households	283	3,266
U: Extraterritorial bodies	14	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,581	95
B: Mining & quarrying	61	2
C: Manufacturing	9,147	3,686
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	206	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	58	2
F: Construction	5,321	26
G: Wholesale & retail trade	4,284	735
H: Transport & storage	4,462	46
I: Accommodation & catering	730	361
J: Information & communication	230	29
K: Financial & insurance	675	13
L: Real estate activities.	154	3
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,012	37
N: Administrative & support	3,379	115
O: Public administration & defence	1,204	68
P: Education	326	1,156
Q: Human health & social work	265	605
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	497	2,344
T: Activities of households	661	10,912
U: Extraterritorial bodies	9	2

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,119	46
B: Mining & quarrying	141	1
C: Manufacturing	19,903	9,404
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,221	3
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	229	0
F: Construction	8,212	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	11,356	2,930
H: Transport & storage	13,862	354
I: Accommodation & catering	1,392	1,446
J: Information & communication	704	223
K: Financial & insurance	2,671	195
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,396	140
N: Administrative & support	9,678	2,583
O: Public administration & defence	4,285	778
P: Education	994	2,044
Q: Human health & social work	508	1,404
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,463	4,625
T: Activities of households	782	12,535
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	460	32
B: Mining & quarrying	33	10
C: Manufacturing	28,000	14,415
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	3,801	230
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	336	91
F: Construction	8,678	125
G: Wholesale & retail trade	18,097	8,486
H: Transport & storage	16,342	1,612
I: Accommodation & catering	2,137	2,762
J: Information & communication	680	323
K: Financial & insurance	4,164	1,675
L: Real estate activities.	607	171
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,953	830
N: Administrative & support	6	10
O: Public administration & defence	7,500	1,031
P: Education	1,319	2,584
Q: Human health & social work	1,079	2,160
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	3,174	2,807
T: Activities of households	432	6,996
U: Extraterritorial bodies	13	4

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	77	12
B: Mining & quarrying	5	0
C: Manufacturing	15,190	7,140
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,860	210
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	221	6
F: Construction	8,655	251
G: Wholesale & retail trade	8,224	5,741
H: Transport & storage	7,834	580
I: Accommodation & catering	793	2,656
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	937	282
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	443	265
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	4,510	1,082
P: Education	958	1,652
Q: Human health & social work	985	2,232
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,214	2,194
T: Activities of households	83	1,419
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	40	10
B: Mining & quarrying	20	0
C: Manufacturing	11,390	5,160
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	990	160
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	190	20
F: Construction	6,840	410
G: Wholesale & retail trade	6,940	6,760
H: Transport & storage	5,880	1,030
I: Accommodation & catering	640	810
J: Information & communication	1,050	690
K: Financial & insurance	810	650
L: Real estate activities.	180	140
M: Professional, scientific & technical	670	550
N: Administrative & support	150	510
O: Public administration & defence	4,290	3,220
P: Education	1,980	4,750
Q: Human health & social work	1,270	3,100
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,330	1,670
T: Activities of households	40	410
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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